MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 24, 2026
Portrait of Jacob Lopez
Jacob Lopez
ATH · P
Change to
Zac Thornton
NYM · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

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

Jacob Lopez wins 2 (ERA, W); Zac Thornton wins 2 (K, 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
Zac Thornton
92.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jacob Lopez
9.3%
Zac Thornton
10.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jacob Lopez
17.4%
Zac Thornton
19.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jacob Lopez
25.4%
Zac Thornton
31.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jacob Lopez
31.4%
Zac Thornton
37.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jacob Lopez
4.6%
Zac Thornton
12.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jacob Lopez
.305
Zac Thornton
.317
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
Zac Thornton
2.737.90
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.35
4.10
WHIPlower is better
Jacob Lopez
.9002.11
now 1.84
1.54
Zac Thornton
.9002.11
now 1.16
1.30

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jacob Lopez
4053.40
now 38
40
Zac Thornton
4053.40
now 10
41
Winshigher is better
Jacob Lopez
.0007
now 4
25
Zac Thornton
.0007
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
Sell HighZac Thornton — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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