MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 9, 2026
Portrait of Andrew Alvarez
Andrew Alvarez
WSH · P
Change to
Franco Aleman
CLE · P
Change to
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); Franco Aleman 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
Franco Aleman
96.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
12.1%
Franco Aleman
11.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
22.8%
Franco Aleman
29.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
30.4%
Franco Aleman
25.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
43.6%
Franco Aleman
40.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
5.0%
Franco Aleman
4.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
.328
Franco Aleman
.255
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
25.05
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.02
4.25
Franco Aleman
25.05
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.25
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Andrew Alvarez
.9001.57
now 1.28
1.41
Franco Aleman
.9001.57
now 1.00
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
4034.20
now 17
25
Franco Aleman
4034.20
now 2
6
Winshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
.0002.80
now 1
12
Franco Aleman
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
.0004.40
now 1
13
Franco Aleman
.0004.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
SellAndrew Alvarez — sell.conf 0.68
Buy LowFranco Aleman — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.79
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