MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 9, 2026
Portrait of Jeremiah Estrada
Jeremiah Estrada
SD · 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. Jeremiah Estrada’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

José Alvarado wins 1 categories (K); Jeremiah Estrada wins 0 (none); 4 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Jeremiah Estrada
95.8
José Alvarado
97.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jeremiah Estrada
16.0%
José Alvarado
13.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jeremiah Estrada
29.6%
José Alvarado
27.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jeremiah Estrada
31.3%
José Alvarado
33.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jeremiah Estrada
33.9%
José Alvarado
27.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jeremiah Estrada
7.1%
José Alvarado
5.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jeremiah Estrada
.292
José Alvarado
.295
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
Jeremiah Estrada
2.246.55
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.20
3.70
José Alvarado
2.246.55
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.59
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Jeremiah Estrada
.9002.11
now 1.07
1.24
José Alvarado
.9002.11
now 1.81
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jeremiah Estrada
4031.60
now 22
17
José Alvarado
4031.60
now 26
18
Winshigher is better
Jeremiah Estrada
.0002.80
now 2
12
José Alvarado
.0002.80
now 1
01
Saveshigher is better
Jeremiah Estrada
.0002.40
now 1
01
José Alvarado
.0002.40
now 1
01
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeJeremiah Estrada — hold.conf 0.50
Buy LowJosé Alvarado — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
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