MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 4, 2026
Portrait of Andrew Alvarez
Andrew Alvarez
WSH · P
Change to
Javier Assad
CHC · 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, ERA, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
92.4
Javier Assad
93.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
12.0%
Javier Assad
6.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
23.0%
Javier Assad
17.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
30.7%
Javier Assad
22.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
43.9%
Javier Assad
45.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
5.5%
Javier Assad
7.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
.327
Javier Assad
.329
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
3.286.62
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.02
4.23
Javier Assad
3.286.62
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.88
4.27
WHIPlower is better
Andrew Alvarez
1.201.48
now 1.28
1.41
Javier Assad
1.201.48
now 1.27
1.29

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
4033.60
now 17
28
Javier Assad
4033.60
now 14
15
Winshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
.0006.60
now 1
12
Javier Assad
.0006.60
now 3
25
Saveshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
.0004.40
now 1
13
Javier Assad
.0004.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
SellAndrew Alvarez — sell.conf 0.67
Sell HighJavier Assad — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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