MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 22, 2026
Portrait of Andrew Alvarez
Andrew Alvarez
WSH · P
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Portrait of Sam Hentges
Sam Hentges
SF · 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); Sam Hentges 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
Sam Hentges
93.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
12.0%
Sam Hentges
12.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
23.6%
Sam Hentges
25.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
30.9%
Sam Hentges
28.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
44.4%
Sam Hentges
31.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
6.0%
Sam Hentges
4.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
.329
Sam Hentges
.312
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
25.52
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.02
4.28
Sam Hentges
25.52
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.17
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Andrew Alvarez
1.111.70
now 1.28
1.39
Sam Hentges
1.111.70
now 1.57
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
4045.40
now 17
35
Sam Hentges
4045.40
now 9
20
Winshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
.0004.20
now 1
13
Sam Hentges
.0004.20
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
.0005.60
now 1
14
Sam Hentges
.0005.60
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
SellAndrew Alvarez — sell.conf 0.70
Hold · wait & seeSam Hentges — hold.conf 0.50
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