MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 27, 2026
Portrait of Andrew Alvarez
Andrew Alvarez
WSH · P
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Portrait of Bradgley Rodriguez
Bradgley Rodriguez
SD · 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. Bradgley Rodriguez’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Andrew Alvarez wins 3 categories (K, W, SV); Bradgley Rodriguez 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
Bradgley Rodriguez
98.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
12.0%
Bradgley Rodriguez
14.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
23.6%
Bradgley Rodriguez
24.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
30.9%
Bradgley Rodriguez
32.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
44.4%
Bradgley Rodriguez
32.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
6.0%
Bradgley Rodriguez
2.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
.329
Bradgley Rodriguez
.238
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
25.35
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.02
4.29
Bradgley Rodriguez
25.35
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.63
3.61
WHIPlower is better
Andrew Alvarez
.9101.53
now 1.28
1.39
Bradgley Rodriguez
.9101.53
now 1.05
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
4038
now 17
32
Bradgley Rodriguez
4038
now 26
18
Winshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
.0004.20
now 1
13
Bradgley Rodriguez
.0004.20
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
.0004.40
now 1
13
Bradgley Rodriguez
.0004.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
SellAndrew Alvarez — sell.conf 0.70
Hold · wait & seeBradgley Rodriguez — hold.conf 0.50
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