MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 27, 2026
Portrait of Jeff Hoffman
Jeff Hoffman
TOR · P
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Portrait of Lucas Erceg
Lucas Erceg
KC · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Jeff Hoffman.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Jeff Hoffman wins 4 categories (K, ERA, WHIP, W); Lucas Erceg wins 1 (SV).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Jeff Hoffman
96.6
Lucas Erceg
97.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jeff Hoffman
18.2%
Lucas Erceg
9.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jeff Hoffman
33.5%
Lucas Erceg
15.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jeff Hoffman
37.9%
Lucas Erceg
27.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jeff Hoffman
32.4%
Lucas Erceg
40.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jeff Hoffman
8.1%
Lucas Erceg
5.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jeff Hoffman
.285
Lucas Erceg
.326
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
Jeff Hoffman
2.197.51
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.31
3.37
Lucas Erceg
2.197.51
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.33
3.71
WHIPlower is better
Jeff Hoffman
.9302.20
now 1.75
1.21
Lucas Erceg
.9302.20
now 1.92
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jeff Hoffman
4055.80
now 45
28
Lucas Erceg
4055.80
now 18
19
Winshigher is better
Jeff Hoffman
1.204.80
now 4
24
Lucas Erceg
1.204.80
now 3
23
Saveshigher is better
Jeff Hoffman
.00016
now 5
25
Lucas Erceg
.00016
now 11
612
If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowJeff Hoffman — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.88
Hold · wait & seeLucas Erceg — hold.conf 0.55
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