MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 27, 2026
Portrait of Jeff Hoffman
Jeff Hoffman
TOR · P
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Portrait of Riley O'Brien
Riley O'Brien
STL · 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. Riley O'Brien’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); Riley O'Brien 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
96.6
Riley O'Brien
98.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jeff Hoffman
18.2%
Riley O'Brien
12.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jeff Hoffman
33.5%
Riley O'Brien
24.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jeff Hoffman
37.9%
Riley O'Brien
28.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jeff Hoffman
32.4%
Riley O'Brien
40.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jeff Hoffman
8.1%
Riley O'Brien
7.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jeff Hoffman
.285
Riley O'Brien
.331
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
27.55
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.31
3.37
Riley O'Brien
27.55
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.20
3.75
WHIPlower is better
Jeff Hoffman
.9002.05
now 1.75
1.21
Riley O'Brien
.9002.05
now 0.99
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jeff Hoffman
4055
now 45
28
Riley O'Brien
4055
now 27
20
Winshigher is better
Jeff Hoffman
.0005.20
now 4
24
Riley O'Brien
.0005.20
now 3
13
Saveshigher is better
Jeff Hoffman
.00018.80
now 5
25
Riley O'Brien
.00018.80
now 14
713
If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowJeff Hoffman — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.88
Hold · wait & seeRiley O'Brien — hold.conf 0.50
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