MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 8, 2026
Portrait of Jacob Lopez
Jacob Lopez
ATH · P
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Portrait of Tatsuya Imai
Tatsuya Imai
HOU · P
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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); Tatsuya Imai wins 1 (WHIP); SV n/a.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Jacob Lopez
90.6
Tatsuya Imai
94.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jacob Lopez
8.5%
Tatsuya Imai
13.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jacob Lopez
15.6%
Tatsuya Imai
27.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jacob Lopez
24.5%
Tatsuya Imai
26.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jacob Lopez
31.4%
Tatsuya Imai
46.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jacob Lopez
4.7%
Tatsuya Imai
10.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jacob Lopez
.311
Tatsuya Imai
.340
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
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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
2.937.84
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.75
4.02
Tatsuya Imai
2.937.84
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.52
4.62
WHIPlower is better
Jacob Lopez
1.172.03
now 1.84
1.59
Tatsuya Imai
1.172.03
now 1.36
1.43

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jacob Lopez
4065.80
now 38
55
Tatsuya Imai
4065.80
now 28
47
Winshigher is better
Jacob Lopez
.0009
now 4
37
Tatsuya Imai
.0009
now 2
25

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyJacob Lopez — hold.conf 0.60
SellTatsuya Imai — sell.conf 0.79
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