MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 12, 2026
Portrait of Andrew Alvarez
Andrew Alvarez
WSH · P
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Portrait of Shawn Armstrong
Shawn Armstrong
CLE · 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); Shawn Armstrong 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
Shawn Armstrong
93.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
12.4%
Shawn Armstrong
12.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
25.4%
Shawn Armstrong
22.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
31.2%
Shawn Armstrong
23.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
41.7%
Shawn Armstrong
39.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
4.7%
Shawn Armstrong
7.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
.313
Shawn Armstrong
.315
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
3.384.24
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.02
3.95
Shawn Armstrong
3.384.24
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.60
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Andrew Alvarez
1.171.42
now 1.28
1.35
Shawn Armstrong
1.171.42
now 1.33
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
4046.40
now 17
38
Shawn Armstrong
4046.40
now 19
27
Winshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
.0005.20
now 1
14
Shawn Armstrong
.0005.20
now 1
12
Saveshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
.0005.60
now 1
14
Shawn Armstrong
.0005.60
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyAndrew Alvarez — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · wait & seeShawn Armstrong — hold.conf 0.50
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