MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 21, 2026
Portrait of Jacob Lopez
Jacob Lopez
ATH · P
Change to
Shane Bieber
TOR · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Jacob Lopez.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and wins.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV n/a

Jacob Lopez wins 3 categories (K, ERA, W); Shane Bieber wins 1 (WHIP); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Jacob Lopez
90.5
Shane Bieber
92.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jacob Lopez
9.3%
Shane Bieber
11.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jacob Lopez
17.4%
Shane Bieber
17.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jacob Lopez
25.4%
Shane Bieber
30.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jacob Lopez
31.4%
Shane Bieber
53.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jacob Lopez
4.6%
Shane Bieber
11.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jacob Lopez
.305
Shane Bieber
.427
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
05

The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · earned-run quality
ERAlower is better
Jacob Lopez
2.737.90
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.75
3.88
Shane Bieber
2.737.90
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.00
4.10
WHIPlower is better
Jacob Lopez
1.022.28
now 1.84
1.54
Shane Bieber
1.022.28
now 2.00
1.30

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jacob Lopez
4056.40
now 38
42
Shane Bieber
4056.40
now 6
38
Winshigher is better
Jacob Lopez
.0008.40
now 4
36
Shane Bieber
.0008.40
now 0
00

SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans buyJacob Lopez — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · wait & seeShane Bieber — hold.conf 0.50
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