MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Portrait of Andrew Alvarez
Andrew Alvarez
WSH · P
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Portrait of Ryan Yarbrough
Ryan Yarbrough
NYY · 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); Ryan Yarbrough 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
Ryan Yarbrough
87.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
12.0%
Ryan Yarbrough
11.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
23.6%
Ryan Yarbrough
16.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
30.9%
Ryan Yarbrough
26.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
44.4%
Ryan Yarbrough
22.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
6.0%
Ryan Yarbrough
3.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
.329
Ryan Yarbrough
.281
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
3.424.51
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.02
4.27
Ryan Yarbrough
3.424.51
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.66
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Andrew Alvarez
1.011.50
now 1.28
1.39
Ryan Yarbrough
1.011.50
now 1.12
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
4037.80
now 17
31
Ryan Yarbrough
4037.80
now 14
16
Winshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
.0004.20
now 1
13
Ryan Yarbrough
.0004.20
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
.0004.40
now 1
13
Ryan Yarbrough
.0004.40
now 1
02
If you already own them — trade angle
SellAndrew Alvarez — sell.conf 0.69
Hold · wait & seeRyan Yarbrough — hold.conf 0.50
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