MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 3, 2026
Elvis Alvarado
ATH · P
Change to
Ryan Walker
SF · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Ryan Walker.

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

Ryan Walker 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
98.7
Ryan Walker
94.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Elvis Alvarado
17.5%
Ryan Walker
6.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Elvis Alvarado
30.0%
Ryan Walker
17.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Elvis Alvarado
33.0%
Ryan Walker
26.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Elvis Alvarado
51.8%
Ryan Walker
32.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Elvis Alvarado
19.6%
Ryan Walker
4.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Elvis Alvarado
.325
Ryan Walker
.318
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
Ryan Walker
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.46
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Elvis Alvarado
.9802.15
now 1.86
1.24
Ryan Walker
.9802.15
now 1.89
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Elvis Alvarado
4038.40
now 9
19
Ryan Walker
4038.40
now 14
30
Winshigher is better
Elvis Alvarado
.0009.80
now 2
37
Ryan Walker
.0009.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Elvis Alvarado
.0008.40
now 0
0
Ryan Walker
.0008.40
now 3
36
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeElvis Alvarado — hold.conf 0.50
Buy LowRyan Walker — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
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