MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 22, 2026
Portrait of Andrew Alvarez
Andrew Alvarez
WSH · P
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Portrait of Mitch Farris
Mitch Farris
LAA · P
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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); Mitch Farris 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
Mitch Farris
91.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
12.0%
Mitch Farris
12.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
23.6%
Mitch Farris
23.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
30.9%
Mitch Farris
29.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
44.4%
Mitch Farris
48.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
6.0%
Mitch Farris
8.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
.329
Mitch Farris
.362
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
2.544.78
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.02
4.28
Mitch Farris
2.544.78
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.04
3.77
WHIPlower is better
Andrew Alvarez
1.141.63
now 1.28
1.39
Mitch Farris
1.141.63
now 1.52
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
4042.20
now 17
35
Mitch Farris
4042.20
now 22
25
Winshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
.0004.20
now 1
13
Mitch Farris
.0004.20
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
.0005.60
now 1
14
Mitch Farris
.0005.60
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
SellAndrew Alvarez — sell.conf 0.70
Hold · wait & seeMitch Farris — hold.conf 0.50
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