MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 14, 2026
Portrait of Kai-Wei Teng
Kai-Wei Teng
HOU · P
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Portrait of Reynaldo López
Reynaldo López
ATL · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Reynaldo López.

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

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

Reynaldo López wins 2 categories (ERA, WHIP); Kai-Wei Teng wins 1 (K); 1 even; SV n/a.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Kai-Wei Teng
93.5
Reynaldo López
94.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Kai-Wei Teng
11.3%
Reynaldo López
9.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Kai-Wei Teng
22.5%
Reynaldo López
20.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Kai-Wei Teng
28.6%
Reynaldo López
26.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Kai-Wei Teng
40.7%
Reynaldo López
35.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Kai-Wei Teng
7.1%
Reynaldo López
6.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Kai-Wei Teng
.330
Reynaldo López
.327
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
Kai-Wei Teng
24.95
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.57
4.27
Reynaldo López
24.95
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.31
4.21
WHIPlower is better
Kai-Wei Teng
11.45
now 1.10
1.35
Reynaldo López
11.45
now 1.33
1.34

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Kai-Wei Teng
4048.60
now 43
37
Reynaldo López
4048.60
now 31
32
Winshigher is better
Kai-Wei Teng
.0005.20
now 3
14
Reynaldo López
.0005.20
now 2
13

SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.

If you already own them — trade angle
SellKai-Wei Teng — sell.conf 0.69
Sell HighReynaldo López — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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