MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 6, 2026
Portrait of Andrew Alvarez
Andrew Alvarez
WSH · P
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Portrait of José A. Ferrer
José A. Ferrer
SEA · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22, 1 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Andrew Alvarez wins 2 (K, W); José A. Ferrer wins 2 (ERA, WHIP); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
92.4
José A. Ferrer
95.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
12.1%
José A. Ferrer
10.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
22.8%
José A. Ferrer
18.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
30.4%
José A. Ferrer
29.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
43.6%
José A. Ferrer
35.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
5.0%
José A. Ferrer
6.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
.328
José A. Ferrer
.290
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
25.27
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.02
4.25
José A. Ferrer
25.27
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.69
3.48
WHIPlower is better
Andrew Alvarez
1.121.49
now 1.28
1.41
José A. Ferrer
1.121.49
now 1.20
1.31

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
4032.60
now 17
27
José A. Ferrer
4032.60
now 23
14
Winshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
.0002.80
now 1
12
José A. Ferrer
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
.0004.40
now 1
13
José A. Ferrer
.0004.40
now 3
12
If you already own them — trade angle
SellAndrew Alvarez — sell.conf 0.69
BuyJosé A. Ferrer — buy.conf 0.79
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