MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 5, 2026
Portrait of Andrew Alvarez
Andrew Alvarez
WSH · P
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Portrait of Will Dion
Will Dion
WSH · 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); Will Dion wins 2 (ERA, WHIP).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
92.4
Will Dion
91.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
12.1%
Will Dion
14.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
22.8%
Will Dion
29.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Andrew Alvarez
30.4%
Will Dion
36.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
43.6%
Will Dion
30.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
5.0%
Will Dion
3.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Andrew Alvarez
.328
Will Dion
.298
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
2.786.92
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.02
4.25
Will Dion
2.786.92
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.00
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Andrew Alvarez
12.07
now 1.28
1.41
Will Dion
12.07
now 1.83
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
4034.60
now 17
27
Will Dion
4034.60
now 8
23
Winshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
.0002.80
now 1
12
Will Dion
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Andrew Alvarez
.0004.40
now 1
13
Will Dion
.0004.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
SellAndrew Alvarez — sell.conf 0.69
Buy LowWill Dion — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.87
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