MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 12, 2026
Portrait of Andrew Alvarez
Andrew Alvarez
WSH · P
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Portrait of Jakob Junis
Jakob Junis
TEX · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Jakob Junis.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — ERA, WHIP, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Jakob Junis wins 3 categories (ERA, WHIP, SV); Andrew Alvarez wins 2 (K, W).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
92.4
Jakob Junis
92.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
12.4%
Jakob Junis
9.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
25.4%
Jakob Junis
18.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
31.2%
Jakob Junis
30.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
41.7%
Jakob Junis
34.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
4.7%
Jakob Junis
3.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
.313
Jakob Junis
.303
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
24.93
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.02
3.95
Jakob Junis
24.93
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.75
3.71
WHIPlower is better
Andrew Alvarez
.9001.58
now 1.28
1.35
Jakob Junis
.9001.58
now 0.78
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
4046.80
now 17
38
Jakob Junis
4046.80
now 16
16
Winshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
.0005.60
now 1
14
Jakob Junis
.0005.60
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
.0005.40
now 1
14
Jakob Junis
.0005.40
now 3
24
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyAndrew Alvarez — hold.conf 0.60
Sell HighJakob Junis — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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