MLB Daily DeltaWeek 27 · September 28, 2026
Portrait of Reynaldo López
Reynaldo López
ATL · P
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Ryan Johnson
LAA · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Ryan Johnson.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
▶
W
SV n/a

Ryan Johnson wins 1 categories (WHIP); Reynaldo López wins 0 (none); 3 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Reynaldo López
94.1
Ryan Johnson
92.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Reynaldo López
10.2%
Ryan Johnson
10.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Reynaldo López
21.1%
Ryan Johnson
18.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Reynaldo López
27.2%
Ryan Johnson
28.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Reynaldo López
35.9%
Ryan Johnson
35.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Reynaldo López
7.2%
Ryan Johnson
9.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Reynaldo López
.335
Ryan Johnson
.336
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
05

The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · earned-run quality
ERAlower is better
Reynaldo López
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.31
4.43
Ryan Johnson
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 12.83
4.45
WHIPlower is better
Reynaldo López
.9302.55
now 1.33
1.38
Ryan Johnson
.9302.55
now 2.33
1.37

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Reynaldo López
4043.40
now 31
0
Ryan Johnson
4043.40
now 7
0
Winshigher is better
Reynaldo López
.0002.80
now 2
0–0
Ryan Johnson
.0002.80
now 0
0–0

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellReynaldo López — sell.conf 0.77
SellRyan Johnson — sell.conf 0.78
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