MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 4, 2026
Elvis Alvarado
ATH · P
Change to
Portrait of Grant Taylor
Grant Taylor
CWS · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Grant Taylor.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Grant Taylor wins 4 categories (K, ERA, WHIP, SV); Elvis Alvarado wins 1 (W).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Elvis Alvarado
98.7
Grant Taylor
98.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Elvis Alvarado
17.5%
Grant Taylor
15.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Elvis Alvarado
30.0%
Grant Taylor
34.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Elvis Alvarado
33.0%
Grant Taylor
36.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Elvis Alvarado
51.8%
Grant Taylor
42.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Elvis Alvarado
19.6%
Grant Taylor
6.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Elvis Alvarado
.325
Grant Taylor
.238
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
Elvis Alvarado
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 8.38
3.70
Grant Taylor
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.12
3.58
WHIPlower is better
Elvis Alvarado
.9002.16
now 1.86
1.24
Grant Taylor
.9002.16
now 1.11
1.23

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Elvis Alvarado
4058
now 9
19
Grant Taylor
4058
now 44
44
Winshigher is better
Elvis Alvarado
.0009.40
now 2
27
Grant Taylor
.0009.40
now 1
11
Saveshigher is better
Elvis Alvarado
.0003.40
now 0
0
Grant Taylor
.0003.40
now 1
02
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeElvis Alvarado — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeGrant Taylor — hold.conf 0.50
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