MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 9, 2026
Portrait of Andrew Alvarez
Andrew Alvarez
WSH · P
Change to
Brady Basso
ATH · P
Change to
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); Brady Basso 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
Brady Basso
93.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
12.1%
Brady Basso
12.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
22.8%
Brady Basso
19.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
30.4%
Brady Basso
33.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
43.6%
Brady Basso
39.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
5.0%
Brady Basso
7.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
.328
Brady Basso
.311
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
Andrew Alvarez
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.02
4.25
Brady Basso
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 12.46
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Andrew Alvarez
.9002.55
now 1.28
1.41
Brady Basso
.9002.55
now 2.77
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
4034.20
now 17
25
Brady Basso
4034.20
now 2
5
Winshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
.0002.80
now 1
12
Brady Basso
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
.0004.40
now 1
13
Brady Basso
.0004.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
SellAndrew Alvarez — sell.conf 0.68
Buy LowBrady Basso — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
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