MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 5, 2026
Elvis Alvarado
ATH · P
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Portrait of Orion Kerkering
Orion Kerkering
PHI · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Orion Kerkering.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Orion Kerkering 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
98.9
Orion Kerkering
97.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Elvis Alvarado
16.8%
Orion Kerkering
11.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Elvis Alvarado
29.3%
Orion Kerkering
25.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Elvis Alvarado
31.3%
Orion Kerkering
28.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Elvis Alvarado
48.8%
Orion Kerkering
28.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Elvis Alvarado
18.3%
Orion Kerkering
6.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Elvis Alvarado
.343
Orion Kerkering
.278
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
Orion Kerkering
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.53
3.69
WHIPlower is better
Elvis Alvarado
.9002.15
now 1.86
1.24
Orion Kerkering
.9002.15
now 1.13
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Elvis Alvarado
4028.60
now 9
12
Orion Kerkering
4028.60
now 23
16
Winshigher is better
Elvis Alvarado
.0005.20
now 2
14
Orion Kerkering
.0005.20
now 3
13
Saveshigher is better
Elvis Alvarado
.0002.40
now 0
0
Orion Kerkering
.0002.40
now 1
01
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeElvis Alvarado — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeOrion Kerkering — hold.conf 0.50
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