MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 9, 2026
Portrait of Andrew Alvarez
Andrew Alvarez
WSH · P
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Portrait of Craig Kimbrel
Craig Kimbrel
TB · 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); Craig Kimbrel 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
Craig Kimbrel
93.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
12.4%
Craig Kimbrel
12.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
25.4%
Craig Kimbrel
21.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
31.2%
Craig Kimbrel
27.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
41.7%
Craig Kimbrel
38.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
4.7%
Craig Kimbrel
4.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
.313
Craig Kimbrel
.332
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
2.936.40
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.02
3.95
Craig Kimbrel
2.936.40
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.63
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Andrew Alvarez
1.161.52
now 1.28
1.35
Craig Kimbrel
1.161.52
now 1.44
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
4049.20
now 17
40
Craig Kimbrel
4049.20
now 17
36
Winshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
.0005.60
now 1
14
Craig Kimbrel
.0005.60
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
.0005.60
now 1
14
Craig Kimbrel
.0005.60
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyAndrew Alvarez — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · wait & seeCraig Kimbrel — hold.conf 0.50
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