MLB Daily DeltaWeek 13 · June 22, 2026
Portrait of Gerrit Cole
Gerrit Cole
NYY · P
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Portrait of Sandy Alcantara
Sandy Alcantara
MIA · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Gerrit Cole.

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 n/a

Gerrit Cole wins 2 categories (K, WHIP); Sandy Alcantara wins 1 (ERA); 1 even; SV n/a.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Gerrit Cole
96.6
Sandy Alcantara
97.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Gerrit Cole
8.1%
Sandy Alcantara
11.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Gerrit Cole
21.4%
Sandy Alcantara
17.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Gerrit Cole
30.9%
Sandy Alcantara
32.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Gerrit Cole
31.0%
Sandy Alcantara
35.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Gerrit Cole
5.1%
Sandy Alcantara
6.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Gerrit Cole
.258
Sandy Alcantara
.307
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
Gerrit Cole
26.43
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.00
4.10
Sandy Alcantara
26.43
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.59
3.87
WHIPlower is better
Gerrit Cole
.9001.55
now 0.71
1.30
Sandy Alcantara
.9001.55
now 1.30
1.31

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Gerrit Cole
40105.80
now 12
79
Sandy Alcantara
40105.80
now 57
68
Winshigher is better
Gerrit Cole
.00010.80
now 1
48
Sandy Alcantara
.00010.80
now 4
36

SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeGerrit Cole — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · leans buySandy Alcantara — hold.conf 0.60
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