MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 9, 2026
Portrait of Andrew Alvarez
Andrew Alvarez
WSH · P
Change to
Portrait of Tanner Gordon
Tanner Gordon
COL · 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 — ERA, wins, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Andrew Alvarez wins 3 categories (ERA, W, SV); Tanner Gordon wins 2 (K, WHIP).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
92.4
Tanner Gordon
92.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
12.1%
Tanner Gordon
11.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
22.8%
Tanner Gordon
19.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
30.4%
Tanner Gordon
29.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
43.6%
Tanner Gordon
44.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
5.0%
Tanner Gordon
11.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
.328
Tanner Gordon
.339
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
3.087.31
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.02
4.25
Tanner Gordon
3.087.31
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.37
4.47
WHIPlower is better
Andrew Alvarez
1.171.67
now 1.28
1.41
Tanner Gordon
1.171.67
now 1.56
1.28

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
4042.20
now 17
25
Tanner Gordon
4042.20
now 35
28
Winshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
.0002.80
now 1
12
Tanner Gordon
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
.0004.40
now 1
13
Tanner Gordon
.0004.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
SellAndrew Alvarez — sell.conf 0.68
Hold · leans sellTanner Gordon — hold.conf 0.60
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