MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 22, 2026
Portrait of Andrew Alvarez
Andrew Alvarez
WSH · P
Change to
Portrait of Justin Slaten
Justin Slaten
BOS · 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); Justin Slaten 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
Justin Slaten
96.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
12.0%
Justin Slaten
12.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
23.6%
Justin Slaten
30.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
30.9%
Justin Slaten
30.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
44.4%
Justin Slaten
40.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
6.0%
Justin Slaten
6.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
.329
Justin Slaten
.274
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
3.334.55
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.02
4.28
Justin Slaten
3.334.55
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.60
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Andrew Alvarez
1.171.46
now 1.28
1.39
Justin Slaten
1.171.46
now 1.30
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
4043.40
now 17
35
Justin Slaten
4043.40
now 14
20
Winshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
.0004.20
now 1
13
Justin Slaten
.0004.20
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
.0005.60
now 1
14
Justin Slaten
.0005.60
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
SellAndrew Alvarez — sell.conf 0.70
Buy LowJustin Slaten — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
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