MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 9, 2026
Portrait of Andrew Morris
Andrew Morris
MIN · P
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Portrait of José Alvarado
José Alvarado
PHI · P
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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 WHIP. Andrew Morris’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

José Alvarado wins 2 categories (K, WHIP); Andrew Morris wins 1 (ERA); 2 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Andrew Morris
97.1
José Alvarado
97.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Andrew Morris
10.4%
José Alvarado
13.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Andrew Morris
22.7%
José Alvarado
27.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Andrew Morris
26.7%
José Alvarado
33.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Andrew Morris
34.4%
José Alvarado
27.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Andrew Morris
3.8%
José Alvarado
5.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Andrew Morris
.273
José Alvarado
.295
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 Morris
2.066.60
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.18
3.07
José Alvarado
2.066.60
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.59
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Andrew Morris
1.012.04
now 1.52
1.30
José Alvarado
1.012.04
now 1.81
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Andrew Morris
4031.60
now 20
14
José Alvarado
4031.60
now 26
18
Winshigher is better
Andrew Morris
.0001.48
now 1
01
José Alvarado
.0001.48
now 1
01
Saveshigher is better
Andrew Morris
.0002.40
now 1
01
José Alvarado
.0002.40
now 1
01
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyAndrew Morris — buy.conf 0.91
Buy LowJosé Alvarado — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
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