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

Daniel Duarte.

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

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

Daniel Duarte 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
Daniel Duarte
94.9
José Alvarado
97.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Daniel Duarte
12.0%
José Alvarado
13.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Daniel Duarte
25.9%
José Alvarado
26.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Daniel Duarte
38.0%
José Alvarado
33.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Daniel Duarte
25.0%
José Alvarado
29.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Daniel Duarte
6.9%
José Alvarado
4.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Daniel Duarte
.263
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
Daniel Duarte
27.83
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.00
3.70
José Alvarado
27.83
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.59
3.79
WHIPlower is better
Daniel Duarte
.9002.36
now 0.43
1.24
José Alvarado
.9002.36
now 1.81
1.34

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Daniel Duarte
4036
now 1
2
José Alvarado
4036
now 26
6
Winshigher is better
Daniel Duarte
.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
Sell HighDaniel Duarte — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.81
Buy LowJosé Alvarado — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
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