MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 31, 2026
Portrait of Drew Anderson
Drew Anderson
DET · P
Change to
Elvis Alvarado
ATH · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Drew Anderson.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Drew Anderson
95.8
Elvis Alvarado
98.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Drew Anderson
14.2%
Elvis Alvarado
16.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Drew Anderson
27.9%
Elvis Alvarado
29.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Drew Anderson
34.7%
Elvis Alvarado
31.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Drew Anderson
38.9%
Elvis Alvarado
50.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Drew Anderson
7.8%
Elvis Alvarado
18.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Drew Anderson
.287
Elvis Alvarado
.351
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
Drew Anderson
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.03
3.42
Elvis Alvarado
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 8.38
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Drew Anderson
.9902.11
now 1.26
1.28
Elvis Alvarado
.9902.11
now 1.86
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Drew Anderson
4060.80
now 46
25
Elvis Alvarado
4060.80
now 9
13
Winshigher is better
Drew Anderson
.0006.60
now 2
12
Elvis Alvarado
.0006.60
now 2
25
Saveshigher is better
Drew Anderson
.0003.40
now 2
12
Elvis Alvarado
.0003.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyDrew Anderson — buy.conf 0.80
Hold · wait & seeElvis Alvarado — hold.conf 0.50
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