MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 9, 2026
Elvis Alvarado
ATH · P
Change to
Victor Vodnik
MIA · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Victor Vodnik.

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

Victor Vodnik 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
Victor Vodnik
98.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Elvis Alvarado
16.4%
Victor Vodnik
11.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Elvis Alvarado
30.3%
Victor Vodnik
15.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Elvis Alvarado
30.9%
Victor Vodnik
27.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Elvis Alvarado
48.8%
Victor Vodnik
41.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Elvis Alvarado
18.3%
Victor Vodnik
6.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Elvis Alvarado
.341
Victor Vodnik
.327
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
Victor Vodnik
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 8.00
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Elvis Alvarado
.9002.46
now 1.86
1.24
Victor Vodnik
.9002.46
now 2.11
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Elvis Alvarado
4021.60
now 9
11
Victor Vodnik
4021.60
now 16
14
Winshigher is better
Elvis Alvarado
.0005.60
now 2
14
Victor Vodnik
.0005.60
now 1
01
Saveshigher is better
Elvis Alvarado
.0005.60
now 0
0
Victor Vodnik
.0005.60
now 4
24
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighElvis Alvarado — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.70
Hold · wait & seeVictor Vodnik — hold.conf 0.55
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