MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Jeff Hoffman
Jeff Hoffman
MIN · P
Change to
Portrait of Rico Garcia
Rico Garcia
BAL · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Rico Garcia.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — ERA and WHIP. Jeff Hoffman’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Rico Garcia wins 2 categories (ERA, WHIP); Jeff Hoffman wins 1 (K); 2 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Jeff Hoffman
96.4
Rico Garcia
95.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jeff Hoffman
18.7%
Rico Garcia
15.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jeff Hoffman
34.3%
Rico Garcia
25.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jeff Hoffman
37.4%
Rico Garcia
29.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jeff Hoffman
37.2%
Rico Garcia
34.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jeff Hoffman
9.0%
Rico Garcia
5.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jeff Hoffman
.288
Rico Garcia
.274
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
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.31
3.44
Rico Garcia
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.71
3.10
WHIPlower is better
Jeff Hoffman
.9002.20
now 1.75
1.23
Rico Garcia
.9002.20
now 0.63
1.22

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jeff Hoffman
4061
now 45
7
Rico Garcia
4061
now 28
5
Winshigher is better
Jeff Hoffman
.0005.60
now 4
01
Rico Garcia
.0005.60
now 3
01
Saveshigher is better
Jeff Hoffman
.0007
now 5
11
Rico Garcia
.0007
now 3
01
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyJeff Hoffman — buy.conf 0.80
BuyRico Garcia — buy.conf 0.90
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