MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 27, 2026
Portrait of Andrew Alvarez
Andrew Alvarez
WSH · P
Change to
Portrait of Steven Cruz
Steven Cruz
KC · P
Change to
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); Steven Cruz 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
Steven Cruz
98.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
12.0%
Steven Cruz
16.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
23.6%
Steven Cruz
28.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
30.9%
Steven Cruz
27.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
44.4%
Steven Cruz
35.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
6.0%
Steven Cruz
12.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
.329
Steven Cruz
.310
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
05

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
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.02
4.29
Steven Cruz
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 8.36
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Andrew Alvarez
.9902.11
now 1.28
1.39
Steven Cruz
.9902.11
now 1.86
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
4038
now 17
32
Steven Cruz
4038
now 20
21
Winshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
.0004.20
now 1
13
Steven Cruz
.0004.20
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
.0004.40
now 1
13
Steven Cruz
.0004.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
SellAndrew Alvarez — sell.conf 0.70
Hold · wait & seeSteven Cruz — hold.conf 0.50
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