MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 9, 2026
Elvis Alvarado
ATH · P
Change to
Portrait of Shane Drohan
Shane Drohan
MIL · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Shane Drohan.

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

Shane Drohan 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
Shane Drohan
94.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Elvis Alvarado
16.4%
Shane Drohan
13.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Elvis Alvarado
30.3%
Shane Drohan
23.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Elvis Alvarado
30.9%
Shane Drohan
33.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Elvis Alvarado
48.8%
Shane Drohan
37.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Elvis Alvarado
18.3%
Shane Drohan
8.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Elvis Alvarado
.341
Shane Drohan
.291
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
Shane Drohan
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.87
3.50
WHIPlower is better
Elvis Alvarado
.9002.14
now 1.86
1.24
Shane Drohan
.9002.14
now 1.15
1.27

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Elvis Alvarado
4042.60
now 9
11
Shane Drohan
4042.60
now 33
24
Winshigher is better
Elvis Alvarado
.0005.20
now 2
14
Shane Drohan
.0005.20
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Elvis Alvarado
.0002.40
now 0
0
Shane Drohan
.0002.40
now 1
01
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighElvis Alvarado — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.70
BuyShane Drohan — buy.conf 0.78
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