MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 27, 2026
Portrait of Andrew Alvarez
Andrew Alvarez
WSH · P
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Portrait of Cade Gibson
Cade Gibson
MIA · 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); Cade Gibson 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
Cade Gibson
92.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
12.0%
Cade Gibson
9.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
23.6%
Cade Gibson
20.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
30.9%
Cade Gibson
31.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
44.4%
Cade Gibson
35.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
6.0%
Cade Gibson
2.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
.329
Cade Gibson
.299
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
2.278.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.02
4.29
Cade Gibson
2.278.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 7.27
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Andrew Alvarez
12.09
now 1.28
1.39
Cade Gibson
12.09
now 1.85
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
4040.80
now 17
32
Cade Gibson
4040.80
now 10
21
Winshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
.0004.20
now 1
13
Cade Gibson
.0004.20
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
.0004.40
now 1
13
Cade Gibson
.0004.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
SellAndrew Alvarez — sell.conf 0.70
Buy LowCade Gibson — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
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