MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 9, 2026
Portrait of Andrew Alvarez
Andrew Alvarez
WSH · P
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Portrait of Graham Ashcraft
Graham Ashcraft
CIN · 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. Graham Ashcraft’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); Graham Ashcraft 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
Graham Ashcraft
98.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
12.4%
Graham Ashcraft
14.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
25.4%
Graham Ashcraft
29.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
31.2%
Graham Ashcraft
33.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
41.7%
Graham Ashcraft
36.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
4.7%
Graham Ashcraft
6.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
.313
Graham Ashcraft
.287
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
3.054.30
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.02
3.95
Graham Ashcraft
3.054.30
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.33
3.68
WHIPlower is better
Andrew Alvarez
1.151.42
now 1.28
1.35
Graham Ashcraft
1.151.42
now 1.22
1.26

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
4049.20
now 17
40
Graham Ashcraft
4049.20
now 32
23
Winshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
.0005.20
now 1
14
Graham Ashcraft
.0005.20
now 1
11
Saveshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
.0005.60
now 1
14
Graham Ashcraft
.0005.60
now 1
02
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyAndrew Alvarez — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · wait & seeGraham Ashcraft — hold.conf 0.50
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