MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Portrait of Reynaldo López
Reynaldo López
ATL · P
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Portrait of Sean Manaea
Sean Manaea
NYM · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Sean Manaea.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and 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

Sean Manaea wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Reynaldo López wins 1 (W); SV n/a.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Reynaldo López
94.2
Sean Manaea
90.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Reynaldo López
9.9%
Sean Manaea
10.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Reynaldo López
21.6%
Sean Manaea
22.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Reynaldo López
27.2%
Sean Manaea
32.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Reynaldo López
36.4%
Sean Manaea
40.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Reynaldo López
7.7%
Sean Manaea
8.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Reynaldo López
.330
Sean Manaea
.324
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
Reynaldo López
2.605.79
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.31
4.29
Sean Manaea
2.605.79
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.08
4.17
WHIPlower is better
Reynaldo López
1.231.53
now 1.33
1.34
Sean Manaea
1.231.53
now 1.46
1.30

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Reynaldo López
4048.80
now 31
25
Sean Manaea
4048.80
now 42
33
Winshigher is better
Reynaldo López
.0002.80
now 2
12
Sean Manaea
.0002.80
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellReynaldo López — sell.conf 0.70
SellSean Manaea — sell.conf 0.65
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