MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 11, 2026
Brady Basso
ATH · P
Change to
Portrait of José Alvarado
José Alvarado
PHI · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Brady Basso.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — ERA and WHIP. José Alvarado’s box score looks better right now, but it’s built on luck that won’t hold.

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

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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brady Basso
92.7
José Alvarado
97.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brady Basso
11.0%
José Alvarado
13.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brady Basso
17.3%
José Alvarado
26.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brady Basso
32.0%
José Alvarado
33.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brady Basso
33.9%
José Alvarado
29.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brady Basso
5.5%
José Alvarado
4.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brady Basso
.298
José Alvarado
.303
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
Brady Basso
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 12.46
3.70
José Alvarado
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.59
3.79
WHIPlower is better
Brady Basso
.9002.55
now 2.77
1.24
José Alvarado
.9002.55
now 1.81
1.34

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brady Basso
4035.60
now 2
2
José Alvarado
4035.60
now 26
6
Winshigher is better
Brady Basso
.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 · wait & seeBrady Basso — hold.conf 0.50
Buy LowJosé Alvarado — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
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