MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 5, 2026
Portrait of Andrew Alvarez
Andrew Alvarez
WSH · P
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Portrait of Edgardo Henriquez
Edgardo Henriquez
LAD · 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. Edgardo Henriquez’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); Edgardo Henriquez wins 2 (ERA, WHIP).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
92.4
Edgardo Henriquez
100.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
12.1%
Edgardo Henriquez
13.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
22.8%
Edgardo Henriquez
25.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
30.4%
Edgardo Henriquez
32.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
43.6%
Edgardo Henriquez
26.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
5.0%
Edgardo Henriquez
2.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
.328
Edgardo Henriquez
.263
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
3.104.58
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.02
4.25
Edgardo Henriquez
3.104.58
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.43
3.69
WHIPlower is better
Andrew Alvarez
.9801.53
now 1.28
1.41
Edgardo Henriquez
.9801.53
now 1.10
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
4032.60
now 17
27
Edgardo Henriquez
4032.60
now 19
13
Winshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
.5202.48
now 1
12
Edgardo Henriquez
.5202.48
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
.0004.40
now 1
13
Edgardo Henriquez
.0004.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
SellAndrew Alvarez — sell.conf 0.69
Hold · wait & seeEdgardo Henriquez — hold.conf 0.50
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