MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 6, 2026
Portrait of Andrew Alvarez
Andrew Alvarez
WSH · P
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Portrait of Jonathan Bowlan
Jonathan Bowlan
PHI · 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); Jonathan Bowlan 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
Jonathan Bowlan
97.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
12.1%
Jonathan Bowlan
16.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
22.8%
Jonathan Bowlan
31.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
30.4%
Jonathan Bowlan
34.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
43.6%
Jonathan Bowlan
32.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
5.0%
Jonathan Bowlan
5.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
.328
Jonathan Bowlan
.252
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
3.315.06
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.02
4.25
Jonathan Bowlan
3.315.06
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.67
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Andrew Alvarez
1.051.51
now 1.28
1.41
Jonathan Bowlan
1.051.51
now 1.15
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
4033
now 17
27
Jonathan Bowlan
4033
now 16
12
Winshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
.0002.80
now 1
12
Jonathan Bowlan
.0002.80
now 1
01
Saveshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
.0004.40
now 1
13
Jonathan Bowlan
.0004.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
SellAndrew Alvarez — sell.conf 0.69
Hold · wait & seeJonathan Bowlan — hold.conf 0.50
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