MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 18, 2026
Portrait of Andrew Alvarez
Andrew Alvarez
WSH · P
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Portrait of Tyler Holton
Tyler Holton
DET · 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); Tyler Holton 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
Tyler Holton
91.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
12.2%
Tyler Holton
11.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
25.0%
Tyler Holton
19.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
30.6%
Tyler Holton
28.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
43.0%
Tyler Holton
38.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
5.2%
Tyler Holton
6.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
.321
Tyler Holton
.302
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
3.484.45
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.02
4.09
Tyler Holton
3.484.45
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.23
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Andrew Alvarez
1.171.44
now 1.28
1.36
Tyler Holton
1.171.44
now 1.37
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
4042.20
now 17
35
Tyler Holton
4042.20
now 24
20
Winshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
.0004.20
now 1
13
Tyler Holton
.0004.20
now 1
01
Saveshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
.0005.60
now 1
14
Tyler Holton
.0005.60
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans sellAndrew Alvarez — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · wait & seeTyler Holton — hold.conf 0.50
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