MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 8, 2026
Portrait of Chad Patrick
Chad Patrick
MIL · P
Change to
Portrait of Tyler Alexander
Tyler Alexander
TEX · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22, 1 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Chad Patrick wins 2 (K, W); Tyler Alexander wins 2 (ERA, WHIP); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Chad Patrick
95.1
Tyler Alexander
91.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chad Patrick
12.9%
Tyler Alexander
9.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chad Patrick
20.6%
Tyler Alexander
20.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chad Patrick
31.4%
Tyler Alexander
31.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chad Patrick
38.3%
Tyler Alexander
33.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chad Patrick
7.0%
Tyler Alexander
2.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chad Patrick
.313
Tyler Alexander
.271
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
Chad Patrick
24.51
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.54
3.95
Tyler Alexander
24.51
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.12
3.66
WHIPlower is better
Chad Patrick
1.131.45
now 1.20
1.34
Tyler Alexander
1.131.45
now 1.38
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chad Patrick
4041
now 34
35
Tyler Alexander
4041
now 21
20
Winshigher is better
Chad Patrick
.0005.20
now 3
24
Tyler Alexander
.0005.20
now 1
11
Saveshigher is better
Chad Patrick
.0005.40
now 2
14
Tyler Alexander
.0005.40
now 2
14
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighChad Patrick — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.91
Hold · wait & seeTyler Alexander — hold.conf 0.50
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