MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 9, 2026
Portrait of Andrew Alvarez
Andrew Alvarez
WSH · P
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Portrait of Grant Wolfram
Grant Wolfram
BAL · 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); Grant Wolfram 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
Grant Wolfram
95.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
12.4%
Grant Wolfram
13.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
25.4%
Grant Wolfram
25.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
31.2%
Grant Wolfram
32.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
41.7%
Grant Wolfram
39.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
4.7%
Grant Wolfram
5.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
.313
Grant Wolfram
.289
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
3.484.24
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.02
3.95
Grant Wolfram
3.484.24
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.02
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Andrew Alvarez
1.121.65
now 1.28
1.35
Grant Wolfram
1.121.65
now 1.53
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
4049.20
now 17
40
Grant Wolfram
4049.20
now 21
28
Winshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
.0005.20
now 1
14
Grant Wolfram
.0005.20
now 1
12
Saveshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
.0005.60
now 1
14
Grant Wolfram
.0005.60
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyAndrew Alvarez — hold.conf 0.60
Buy LowGrant Wolfram — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.81
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