MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Portrait of Andrew Alvarez
Andrew Alvarez
WSH · P
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Portrait of Phil Maton
Phil Maton
CHC · 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); Phil Maton 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
Phil Maton
90.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
12.0%
Phil Maton
12.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
23.6%
Phil Maton
22.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
30.9%
Phil Maton
29.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
44.4%
Phil Maton
42.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
6.0%
Phil Maton
11.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
.329
Phil Maton
.389
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
2.298.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.02
4.27
Phil Maton
2.298.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 7.23
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Andrew Alvarez
1.051.90
now 1.28
1.39
Phil Maton
1.051.90
now 1.71
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
4036.60
now 17
31
Phil Maton
4036.60
now 22
21
Winshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
.0004.20
now 1
13
Phil Maton
.0004.20
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
.0004.40
now 1
13
Phil Maton
.0004.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
SellAndrew Alvarez — sell.conf 0.69
Hold · wait & seePhil Maton — hold.conf 0.50
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