MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 27, 2026
Portrait of Andrew Alvarez
Andrew Alvarez
WSH · P
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Portrait of Kyle Finnegan
Kyle Finnegan
DET · 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); Kyle Finnegan 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
Kyle Finnegan
96.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
12.0%
Kyle Finnegan
12.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
23.6%
Kyle Finnegan
18.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
30.9%
Kyle Finnegan
28.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
44.4%
Kyle Finnegan
44.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
6.0%
Kyle Finnegan
9.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
.329
Kyle Finnegan
.334
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
25.23
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.02
4.29
Kyle Finnegan
25.23
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.93
3.78
WHIPlower is better
Andrew Alvarez
1.161.65
now 1.28
1.39
Kyle Finnegan
1.161.65
now 1.54
1.27

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
4040
now 17
32
Kyle Finnegan
4040
now 16
12
Winshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
.0004.20
now 1
13
Kyle Finnegan
.0004.20
now 1
01
Saveshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
.0004.40
now 1
13
Kyle Finnegan
.0004.40
now 1
01
If you already own them — trade angle
SellAndrew Alvarez — sell.conf 0.70
Hold · wait & seeKyle Finnegan — hold.conf 0.50
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