MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 11, 2026
Portrait of Andrew Alvarez
Andrew Alvarez
WSH · P
Change to
Portrait of Luis Medina
Luis Medina
ATH · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Luis Medina.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — ERA and WHIP.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV n/a

Luis Medina wins 2 categories (ERA, WHIP); Andrew Alvarez wins 1 (K); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
92.3
Luis Medina
97.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
11.1%
Luis Medina
13.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
22.7%
Luis Medina
29.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
30.0%
Luis Medina
26.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
40.9%
Luis Medina
39.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
5.7%
Luis Medina
7.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
.321
Luis Medina
.306
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
2.384.63
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.02
4.13
Luis Medina
2.384.63
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.88
3.85
WHIPlower is better
Andrew Alvarez
1.131.45
now 1.28
1.38
Luis Medina
1.131.45
now 1.20
1.36

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
4035.80
now 17
8
Luis Medina
4035.80
now 27
5
Winshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
.0001.48
now 1
01
Luis Medina
.0001.48
now 1
00

SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans sellAndrew Alvarez — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · leans buyLuis Medina — hold.conf 0.60
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