MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 16, 2026
Portrait of Andrew Alvarez
Andrew Alvarez
WSH · P
Change to
Kody Funderburk
MIN · 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); Kody Funderburk 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
Kody Funderburk
92.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
12.2%
Kody Funderburk
8.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
25.0%
Kody Funderburk
14.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
30.6%
Kody Funderburk
22.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
43.0%
Kody Funderburk
27.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
5.2%
Kody Funderburk
5.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
.321
Kody Funderburk
.340
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
3.184.35
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.02
4.09
Kody Funderburk
3.184.35
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.44
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Andrew Alvarez
1.151.56
now 1.28
1.36
Kody Funderburk
1.151.56
now 1.47
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
4047.80
now 17
37
Kody Funderburk
4047.80
now 10
14
Winshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
.2003.80
now 1
13
Kody Funderburk
.2003.80
now 1
12
Saveshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
.0005.60
now 1
14
Kody Funderburk
.0005.60
now 1
02
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans sellAndrew Alvarez — hold.conf 0.60
Sell HighKody Funderburk — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.88
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