MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 8, 2026
Portrait of Bradgley Rodriguez
Bradgley Rodriguez
SD · P
Change to
Elvis Alvarado
ATH · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

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

Bradgley Rodriguez wins 2 (K, ERA); Elvis Alvarado wins 2 (WHIP, W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Bradgley Rodriguez
98.2
Elvis Alvarado
98.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Bradgley Rodriguez
14.6%
Elvis Alvarado
16.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Bradgley Rodriguez
25.2%
Elvis Alvarado
30.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Bradgley Rodriguez
33.2%
Elvis Alvarado
30.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Bradgley Rodriguez
30.5%
Elvis Alvarado
48.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Bradgley Rodriguez
2.8%
Elvis Alvarado
18.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Bradgley Rodriguez
.234
Elvis Alvarado
.341
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
Bradgley Rodriguez
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.63
2.25
Elvis Alvarado
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 8.38
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Bradgley Rodriguez
.9002.18
now 1.05
1.25
Elvis Alvarado
.9002.18
now 1.86
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Bradgley Rodriguez
4032.80
now 26
14
Elvis Alvarado
4032.80
now 9
11
Winshigher is better
Bradgley Rodriguez
.0005.60
now 0
00
Elvis Alvarado
.0005.60
now 2
14

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyBradgley Rodriguez — buy.conf 0.92
Sell HighElvis Alvarado — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.70
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