MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 6, 2026
Elvis Alvarado
ATH · P
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Portrait of Ryan Zeferjahn
Ryan Zeferjahn
CHC · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Ryan Zeferjahn.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Ryan Zeferjahn wins 3 categories (K, ERA, SV); Elvis Alvarado wins 2 (WHIP, W).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Elvis Alvarado
98.9
Ryan Zeferjahn
97.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Elvis Alvarado
16.8%
Ryan Zeferjahn
13.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Elvis Alvarado
29.8%
Ryan Zeferjahn
33.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Elvis Alvarado
31.6%
Ryan Zeferjahn
24.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Elvis Alvarado
48.8%
Ryan Zeferjahn
35.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Elvis Alvarado
18.3%
Ryan Zeferjahn
5.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Elvis Alvarado
.341
Ryan Zeferjahn
.265
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 Zeferjahn
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.74
2.89
WHIPlower is better
Elvis Alvarado
.9902.11
now 1.86
1.24
Ryan Zeferjahn
.9902.11
now 1.39
1.32

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Elvis Alvarado
4041.20
now 9
11
Ryan Zeferjahn
4041.20
now 32
18
Winshigher is better
Elvis Alvarado
.0005.20
now 2
14
Ryan Zeferjahn
.0005.20
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Elvis Alvarado
.0002.40
now 0
0
Ryan Zeferjahn
.0002.40
now 1
01
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeElvis Alvarado — hold.conf 0.50
BuyRyan Zeferjahn — buy.conf 0.92
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