MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 7, 2026
Erik Sabrowski
CLE · P
Change to
Portrait of José Alvarado
José Alvarado
PHI · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 11, 3 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Erik Sabrowski wins 1 (K); José Alvarado wins 1 (SV); 3 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Erik Sabrowski
94.1
José Alvarado
97.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Erik Sabrowski
14.8%
José Alvarado
13.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Erik Sabrowski
38.7%
José Alvarado
27.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Erik Sabrowski
30.3%
José Alvarado
33.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Erik Sabrowski
40.3%
José Alvarado
27.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Erik Sabrowski
9.7%
José Alvarado
5.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Erik Sabrowski
.273
José Alvarado
.299
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
Erik Sabrowski
27.14
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.71
3.69
José Alvarado
27.14
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.59
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Erik Sabrowski
.9002.15
now 0.95
1.24
José Alvarado
.9002.15
now 1.81
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Erik Sabrowski
4047
now 39
26
José Alvarado
4047
now 26
19
Winshigher is better
Erik Sabrowski
.0002.80
now 2
12
José Alvarado
.0002.80
now 1
01
Saveshigher is better
Erik Sabrowski
.0002.40
now 0
0
José Alvarado
.0002.40
now 1
01
If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowErik Sabrowski — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.80
Buy LowJosé Alvarado — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
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