MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 23, 2026
Portrait of Andrew Alvarez
Andrew Alvarez
WSH · P
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Portrait of Ethan Roberts
Ethan Roberts
CHC · 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); Ethan Roberts 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
Ethan Roberts
93.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
12.0%
Ethan Roberts
9.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
23.6%
Ethan Roberts
15.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
30.9%
Ethan Roberts
25.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
44.4%
Ethan Roberts
44.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
6.0%
Ethan Roberts
3.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
.329
Ethan Roberts
.342
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
05

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
25.32
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.02
4.28
Ethan Roberts
25.32
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.69
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Andrew Alvarez
.9001.55
now 1.28
1.39
Ethan Roberts
.9001.55
now 1.00
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
4042.80
now 17
34
Ethan Roberts
4042.80
now 12
18
Winshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
.0004.20
now 1
13
Ethan Roberts
.0004.20
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
.0005.60
now 1
14
Ethan Roberts
.0005.60
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
SellAndrew Alvarez — sell.conf 0.70
Sell HighEthan Roberts — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.87
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