MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 11, 2026
Portrait of Casey Mize
Casey Mize
SD · P
Change to
Portrait of Sandy Alcantara
Sandy Alcantara
MIA · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Casey Mize.

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

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

Casey Mize wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Sandy Alcantara wins 1 (W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Casey Mize
93.4
Sandy Alcantara
97.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Casey Mize
11.7%
Sandy Alcantara
10.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Casey Mize
22.0%
Sandy Alcantara
17.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Casey Mize
29.3%
Sandy Alcantara
31.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Casey Mize
39.7%
Sandy Alcantara
35.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Casey Mize
8.3%
Sandy Alcantara
5.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Casey Mize
.289
Sandy Alcantara
.305
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
Casey Mize
25.52
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.27
3.48
Sandy Alcantara
25.52
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.59
3.90
WHIPlower is better
Casey Mize
.9001.43
now 0.97
1.21
Sandy Alcantara
.9001.43
now 1.30
1.29

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Casey Mize
4076.20
now 49
11
Sandy Alcantara
4076.20
now 57
9
Winshigher is better
Casey Mize
.0005.60
now 2
01
Sandy Alcantara
.0005.60
now 4
01

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyCasey Mize — buy.conf 0.79
Hold · leans buySandy Alcantara — hold.conf 0.60
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