MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 22, 2026
Portrait of Andrew Alvarez
Andrew Alvarez
WSH · P
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Portrait of Braydon Fisher
Braydon Fisher
TOR · 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. Braydon Fisher’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); Braydon Fisher 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
Braydon Fisher
94.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
12.0%
Braydon Fisher
12.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
23.6%
Braydon Fisher
25.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
30.9%
Braydon Fisher
31.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
44.4%
Braydon Fisher
39.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
6.0%
Braydon Fisher
12.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
.329
Braydon Fisher
.300
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
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.02
4.28
Braydon Fisher
25
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.48
3.73
WHIPlower is better
Andrew Alvarez
.9001.57
now 1.28
1.39
Braydon Fisher
.9001.57
now 0.95
1.34

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
4042.20
now 17
35
Braydon Fisher
4042.20
now 33
24
Winshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
.2003.80
now 1
13
Braydon Fisher
.2003.80
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
.0005.60
now 1
14
Braydon Fisher
.0005.60
now 1
01
If you already own them — trade angle
SellAndrew Alvarez — sell.conf 0.70
BuyBraydon Fisher — buy.conf 0.70
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