MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 30, 2026
Portrait of Jeff Hoffman
Jeff Hoffman
TOR · P
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Portrait of Paul Sewald
Paul Sewald
AZ · 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. Paul Sewald’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

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

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Jeff Hoffman
96.5
Paul Sewald
91.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jeff Hoffman
19.0%
Paul Sewald
15.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jeff Hoffman
34.8%
Paul Sewald
28.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jeff Hoffman
38.3%
Paul Sewald
31.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jeff Hoffman
33.6%
Paul Sewald
44.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jeff Hoffman
8.0%
Paul Sewald
16.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jeff Hoffman
.283
Paul Sewald
.311
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
2.147.50
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.31
3.33
Paul Sewald
2.147.50
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.63
3.71
WHIPlower is better
Jeff Hoffman
.9002.16
now 1.75
1.17
Paul Sewald
.9002.16
now 0.72
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jeff Hoffman
4055.80
now 45
26
Paul Sewald
4055.80
now 24
18
Winshigher is better
Jeff Hoffman
.0005.60
now 4
24
Paul Sewald
.0005.60
now 1
01
Saveshigher is better
Jeff Hoffman
.00020.20
now 5
24
Paul Sewald
.00020.20
now 15
815
If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowJeff Hoffman — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.83
Hold · wait & seePaul Sewald — hold.conf 0.50
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