MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 9, 2026
Portrait of Gabe Speier
Gabe Speier
SEA · P
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Portrait of Tyler Alexander
Tyler Alexander
TEX · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Gabe Speier.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Gabe Speier wins 2 categories (K, WHIP); Tyler Alexander wins 1 (ERA); 2 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Gabe Speier
95.4
Tyler Alexander
91.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Gabe Speier
12.2%
Tyler Alexander
10.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Gabe Speier
21.8%
Tyler Alexander
21.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Gabe Speier
30.5%
Tyler Alexander
32.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Gabe Speier
36.6%
Tyler Alexander
35.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Gabe Speier
11.0%
Tyler Alexander
3.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Gabe Speier
.301
Tyler Alexander
.282
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
Gabe Speier
24.20
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.45
3.70
Tyler Alexander
24.20
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.12
3.28
WHIPlower is better
Gabe Speier
1.171.45
now 1.30
1.24
Tyler Alexander
1.171.45
now 1.38
1.28

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Gabe Speier
4026.60
now 16
16
Tyler Alexander
4026.60
now 21
11
Winshigher is better
Gabe Speier
.0001.48
now 1
01
Tyler Alexander
.0001.48
now 1
01
Saveshigher is better
Gabe Speier
.0003.40
now 1
02
Tyler Alexander
.0003.40
now 2
02
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighGabe Speier — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
BuyTyler Alexander — buy.conf 0.85
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