MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Portrait of Andrew Alvarez
Andrew Alvarez
WSH · P
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Portrait of Blas Castaño
Blas Castaño
COL · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Andrew Alvarez.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Andrew Alvarez wins 3 categories (K, W, SV); Blas Castaño wins 2 (ERA, WHIP).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
92.4
Blas Castaño
94.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
12.0%
Blas Castaño
9.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
23.6%
Blas Castaño
20.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
30.9%
Blas Castaño
28.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
44.4%
Blas Castaño
50.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
6.0%
Blas Castaño
10.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
.329
Blas Castaño
.367
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
Andrew Alvarez
3.225.39
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.02
4.27
Blas Castaño
3.225.39
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.91
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Andrew Alvarez
1.161.53
now 1.28
1.39
Blas Castaño
1.161.53
now 1.45
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
4039.40
now 17
31
Blas Castaño
4039.40
now 10
21
Winshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
.0004.20
now 1
13
Blas Castaño
.0004.20
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
.0004.40
now 1
13
Blas Castaño
.0004.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
SellAndrew Alvarez — sell.conf 0.69
Hold · wait & seeBlas Castaño — hold.conf 0.50
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