MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 8, 2026
Portrait of Brent Headrick
Brent Headrick
NYY · P
Change to
Elvis Alvarado
ATH · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Brent Headrick.

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

Brent Headrick wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Elvis Alvarado wins 1 (W); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brent Headrick
94.1
Elvis Alvarado
98.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brent Headrick
17.5%
Elvis Alvarado
16.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brent Headrick
26.6%
Elvis Alvarado
29.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brent Headrick
33.1%
Elvis Alvarado
32.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brent Headrick
37.7%
Elvis Alvarado
50.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brent Headrick
5.3%
Elvis Alvarado
18.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brent Headrick
.278
Elvis Alvarado
.325
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
Brent Headrick
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.00
3.67
Elvis Alvarado
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 8.38
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Brent Headrick
.9902.11
now 1.37
1.24
Elvis Alvarado
.9902.11
now 1.86
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brent Headrick
4037
now 29
28
Elvis Alvarado
4037
now 9
18
Winshigher is better
Brent Headrick
.4007.60
now 3
24
Elvis Alvarado
.4007.60
now 2
26

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeBrent Headrick — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeElvis Alvarado — hold.conf 0.50
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