MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Andrew Kittredge
Andrew Kittredge
BAL · P
Change to
Portrait of José Alvarado
José Alvarado
PHI · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

José Alvarado.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts and ERA.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV n/a

José Alvarado wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Andrew Kittredge wins 1 (WHIP); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Andrew Kittredge
94.3
José Alvarado
97.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Andrew Kittredge
12.7%
José Alvarado
13.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Andrew Kittredge
18.3%
José Alvarado
26.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Andrew Kittredge
41.3%
José Alvarado
33.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Andrew Kittredge
37.9%
José Alvarado
29.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Andrew Kittredge
5.9%
José Alvarado
4.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Andrew Kittredge
.311
José Alvarado
.303
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 Kittredge
2.278.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 7.59
3.93
José Alvarado
2.278.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.59
3.79
WHIPlower is better
Andrew Kittredge
1.102.01
now 1.69
1.30
José Alvarado
1.102.01
now 1.81
1.34

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Andrew Kittredge
4034.40
now 12
5
José Alvarado
4034.40
now 26
6
Winshigher is better
Andrew Kittredge
.0001.48
now 0
00
José Alvarado
.0001.48
now 1
00

SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyAndrew Kittredge — hold.conf 0.60
Buy LowJosé Alvarado — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
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