MLB Daily DeltaWeek 13 · June 22, 2026
Portrait of José Alvarado
José Alvarado
PHI · P
Change to
Portrait of Luinder Avila
Luinder Avila
KC · 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 — ERA, WHIP, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

José Alvarado wins 3 categories (ERA, WHIP, SV); Luinder Avila wins 2 (K, W).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
José Alvarado
97.4
Luinder Avila
96.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
José Alvarado
14.5%
Luinder Avila
10.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
José Alvarado
26.8%
Luinder Avila
20.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
José Alvarado
36.6%
Luinder Avila
27.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
José Alvarado
30.8%
Luinder Avila
31.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
José Alvarado
3.8%
Luinder Avila
7.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
José Alvarado
.310
Luinder Avila
.325
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
José Alvarado
2.946.35
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.59
3.70
Luinder Avila
2.946.35
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.44
3.74
WHIPlower is better
José Alvarado
1.012.04
now 1.81
1.24
Luinder Avila
1.012.04
now 1.71
1.26

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
José Alvarado
4053
now 26
41
Luinder Avila
4053
now 25
45
Winshigher is better
José Alvarado
.5202.48
now 1
12
Luinder Avila
.5202.48
now 1
12
Saveshigher is better
José Alvarado
.0004.40
now 1
13
Luinder Avila
.0004.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowJosé Alvarado — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
Hold · wait & seeLuinder Avila — hold.conf 0.55
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