MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 12, 2026
Portrait of José Alvarado
José Alvarado
PHI · P
Change to
Portrait of Nate Pearson
Nate Pearson
HOU · 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 wins.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

José Alvarado wins 2 categories (K, W); Nate Pearson wins 1 (SV); 2 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
José Alvarado
97.6
Nate Pearson
97.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
José Alvarado
14.4%
Nate Pearson
10.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
José Alvarado
28.5%
Nate Pearson
19.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
José Alvarado
34.8%
Nate Pearson
29.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
José Alvarado
28.0%
Nate Pearson
30.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
José Alvarado
4.3%
Nate Pearson
7.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
José Alvarado
.305
Nate Pearson
.325
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
José Alvarado
27.83
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.59
3.70
Nate Pearson
27.83
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.00
3.70
WHIPlower is better
José Alvarado
.9002.10
now 1.81
1.24
Nate Pearson
.9002.10
now 1.09
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
José Alvarado
4039.80
now 26
29
Nate Pearson
4039.80
now 2
11
Winshigher is better
José Alvarado
.0002.80
now 1
12
Nate Pearson
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
José Alvarado
.00012.60
now 1
02
Nate Pearson
.00012.60
now 1
29
If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowJosé Alvarado — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
Hold · wait & seeNate Pearson — hold.conf 0.50
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