MLB Daily DeltaWeek 13 · June 22, 2026
Portrait of Dennis Santana
Dennis Santana
PIT · P
Change to
Elvis Alvarado
ATH · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Elvis Alvarado.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — ERA, WHIP, and wins. Dennis Santana’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Elvis Alvarado wins 3 categories (ERA, WHIP, W); Dennis Santana wins 2 (K, SV).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Dennis Santana
94.1
Elvis Alvarado
98.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Dennis Santana
12.1%
Elvis Alvarado
17.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Dennis Santana
19.5%
Elvis Alvarado
30.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Dennis Santana
34.9%
Elvis Alvarado
31.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Dennis Santana
39.3%
Elvis Alvarado
51.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Dennis Santana
9.0%
Elvis Alvarado
18.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Dennis Santana
.335
Elvis Alvarado
.318
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
Dennis Santana
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.81
3.74
Elvis Alvarado
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 8.38
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Dennis Santana
.9902.11
now 1.48
1.25
Elvis Alvarado
.9902.11
now 1.86
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Dennis Santana
4032.80
now 19
26
Elvis Alvarado
4032.80
now 9
21
Winshigher is better
Dennis Santana
.00010.40
now 2
24
Elvis Alvarado
.00010.40
now 2
38
Saveshigher is better
Dennis Santana
.0004.40
now 2
23
Elvis Alvarado
.0004.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeDennis Santana — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeElvis Alvarado — hold.conf 0.50
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