MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 6, 2026
Elvis Alvarado
ATH · P
Change to
Portrait of Ryan Rolison
Ryan Rolison
CHC · 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 — strikeouts. Ryan Rolison’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV n/a

Elvis Alvarado wins 1 categories (K); Ryan Rolison wins 0 (none); 3 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Elvis Alvarado
98.9
Ryan Rolison
94.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Elvis Alvarado
16.8%
Ryan Rolison
9.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Elvis Alvarado
29.8%
Ryan Rolison
25.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Elvis Alvarado
31.6%
Ryan Rolison
25.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Elvis Alvarado
48.8%
Ryan Rolison
42.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Elvis Alvarado
18.3%
Ryan Rolison
6.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Elvis Alvarado
.341
Ryan Rolison
.303
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
Ryan Rolison
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.89
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Elvis Alvarado
.9902.11
now 1.86
1.24
Ryan Rolison
.9902.11
now 1.39
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Elvis Alvarado
4021.60
now 9
11
Ryan Rolison
4021.60
now 16
10
Winshigher is better
Elvis Alvarado
.0005.20
now 2
14
Ryan Rolison
.0005.20
now 3
14

SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeElvis Alvarado — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeRyan Rolison — hold.conf 0.50
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