MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 22, 2026
Portrait of Andrew Alvarez
Andrew Alvarez
WSH · P
Change to
Jordan Hicks
CWS · 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, wins, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Andrew Alvarez wins 3 categories (K, W, SV); Jordan Hicks 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
Jordan Hicks
99.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
12.0%
Jordan Hicks
10.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
23.6%
Jordan Hicks
26.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
30.9%
Jordan Hicks
26.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
44.4%
Jordan Hicks
30.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
6.0%
Jordan Hicks
1.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
.329
Jordan Hicks
.276
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
2.946.36
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.02
4.28
Jordan Hicks
2.946.36
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.60
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Andrew Alvarez
.9002.43
now 1.28
1.39
Jordan Hicks
.9002.43
now 2.09
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
4043.40
now 17
35
Jordan Hicks
4043.40
now 15
14
Winshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
.0004.20
now 1
13
Jordan Hicks
.0004.20
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
.0005.60
now 1
14
Jordan Hicks
.0005.60
now 1
02
If you already own them — trade angle
SellAndrew Alvarez — sell.conf 0.70
Buy LowJordan Hicks — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.74
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