MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 9, 2026
Portrait of Andrew Alvarez
Andrew Alvarez
WSH · P
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Portrait of Drew Sommers
Drew Sommers
DET · 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); Drew Sommers 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
Drew Sommers
94.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
12.1%
Drew Sommers
16.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
22.8%
Drew Sommers
34.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
30.4%
Drew Sommers
39.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
43.6%
Drew Sommers
14.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
5.0%
Drew Sommers
2.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
.328
Drew Sommers
.240
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
25.95
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.02
4.25
Drew Sommers
25.95
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.00
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Andrew Alvarez
.9001.57
now 1.28
1.41
Drew Sommers
.9001.57
now 1.00
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
4034.60
now 17
25
Drew Sommers
4034.60
now 1
8
Winshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
.0002.80
now 1
12
Drew Sommers
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
.0004.40
now 1
13
Drew Sommers
.0004.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
SellAndrew Alvarez — sell.conf 0.68
Buy LowDrew Sommers — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
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