MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 8, 2026
Portrait of Daniel Palencia
Daniel Palencia
CHC · P
Change to
Elvis Alvarado
ATH · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Daniel Palencia.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Daniel Palencia wins 2 categories (K, SV); Elvis Alvarado wins 1 (W); 2 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Daniel Palencia
99.4
Elvis Alvarado
98.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Daniel Palencia
15.6%
Elvis Alvarado
16.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Daniel Palencia
26.8%
Elvis Alvarado
30.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Daniel Palencia
31.8%
Elvis Alvarado
30.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Daniel Palencia
30.4%
Elvis Alvarado
48.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Daniel Palencia
6.5%
Elvis Alvarado
18.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Daniel Palencia
.300
Elvis Alvarado
.341
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 Palencia
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.31
3.70
Elvis Alvarado
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 8.38
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Daniel Palencia
.9902.11
now 1.46
1.24
Elvis Alvarado
.9902.11
now 1.86
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Daniel Palencia
4018.60
now 12
13
Elvis Alvarado
4018.60
now 9
11
Winshigher is better
Daniel Palencia
.0005.20
now 1
12
Elvis Alvarado
.0005.20
now 2
14
Saveshigher is better
Daniel Palencia
.0005.60
now 3
24
Elvis Alvarado
.0005.60
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeDaniel Palencia — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighElvis Alvarado — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.70
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