MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 9, 2026
Portrait of Andrew Alvarez
Andrew Alvarez
WSH · P
Change to
Mason Barnett
ATH · 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); Mason Barnett 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
Mason Barnett
95.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
12.1%
Mason Barnett
10.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
22.8%
Mason Barnett
24.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
30.4%
Mason Barnett
27.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
43.6%
Mason Barnett
38.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
5.0%
Mason Barnett
9.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
.328
Mason Barnett
.323
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
25.95
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.02
4.25
Mason Barnett
25.95
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.00
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Andrew Alvarez
1.141.60
now 1.28
1.41
Mason Barnett
1.141.60
now 1.50
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
4034.60
now 17
25
Mason Barnett
4034.60
now 1
7
Winshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
.0002.80
now 1
12
Mason Barnett
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
.0004.40
now 1
13
Mason Barnett
.0004.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
SellAndrew Alvarez — sell.conf 0.68
Hold · wait & seeMason Barnett — hold.conf 0.50
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