MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 24, 2026
Elvis Alvarado
ATH · P
Change to
Portrait of Mitchell Parker
Mitchell Parker
WSH · 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. Mitchell Parker’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); Mitchell Parker wins 2 (K, SV).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Elvis Alvarado
98.9
Mitchell Parker
93.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Elvis Alvarado
16.5%
Mitchell Parker
14.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Elvis Alvarado
30.0%
Mitchell Parker
19.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Elvis Alvarado
31.7%
Mitchell Parker
32.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Elvis Alvarado
50.0%
Mitchell Parker
41.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Elvis Alvarado
20.0%
Mitchell Parker
8.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Elvis Alvarado
.355
Mitchell Parker
.347
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
Elvis Alvarado
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 8.38
3.70
Mitchell Parker
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.28
3.82
WHIPlower is better
Elvis Alvarado
.9002.14
now 1.86
1.24
Mitchell Parker
.9002.14
now 1.17
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Elvis Alvarado
4032.80
now 9
14
Mitchell Parker
4032.80
now 26
23
Winshigher is better
Elvis Alvarado
.0006.60
now 2
25
Mitchell Parker
.0006.60
now 2
13
Saveshigher is better
Elvis Alvarado
.0002.40
now 0
0
Mitchell Parker
.0002.40
now 1
11
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeElvis Alvarado — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeMitchell Parker — hold.conf 0.55
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