MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Elvis Alvarado
ATH · P
Change to
José Urquidy
CWS · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

José Urquidy.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts and saves. Elvis Alvarado’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

José Urquidy 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
Elvis Alvarado
98.8
José Urquidy
92.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Elvis Alvarado
16.1%
José Urquidy
11.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Elvis Alvarado
28.2%
José Urquidy
16.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Elvis Alvarado
29.6%
José Urquidy
34.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Elvis Alvarado
48.7%
José Urquidy
34.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Elvis Alvarado
14.8%
José Urquidy
5.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Elvis Alvarado
.327
José Urquidy
.286
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
José Urquidy
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 8.53
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Elvis Alvarado
.9002.55
now 1.86
1.24
José Urquidy
.9002.55
now 2.68
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Elvis Alvarado
4014.60
now 9
4
José Urquidy
4014.60
now 6
5
Winshigher is better
Elvis Alvarado
.0002.80
now 2
01
José Urquidy
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Elvis Alvarado
.0002.40
now 0
0
José Urquidy
.0002.40
now 1
01
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeElvis Alvarado — hold.conf 0.50
Buy LowJosé Urquidy — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
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