MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 11, 2026
Portrait of Jacob Webb
Jacob Webb
CHC · P
Change to
Portrait of José Alvarado
José Alvarado
PHI · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

José Alvarado.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts and ERA. Jacob Webb’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV n/a

José Alvarado wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Jacob Webb wins 1 (WHIP); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Jacob Webb
94.2
José Alvarado
97.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jacob Webb
16.9%
José Alvarado
13.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jacob Webb
25.7%
José Alvarado
26.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jacob Webb
33.5%
José Alvarado
33.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jacob Webb
42.1%
José Alvarado
29.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jacob Webb
7.0%
José Alvarado
4.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jacob Webb
.319
José Alvarado
.303
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
Jacob Webb
26.81
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.55
4.09
José Alvarado
26.81
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.59
3.79
WHIPlower is better
Jacob Webb
1.052.03
now 1.34
1.27
José Alvarado
1.052.03
now 1.81
1.34

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jacob Webb
4041.40
now 31
5
José Alvarado
4041.40
now 26
6
Winshigher is better
Jacob Webb
.0001.48
now 1
00
José Alvarado
.0001.48
now 1
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans sellJacob Webb — hold.conf 0.60
Buy LowJosé Alvarado — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
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