MLB Daily DeltaWeek 14 · June 29, 2026
Portrait of José Alvarado
José Alvarado
PHI · P
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Portrait of Shawn Armstrong
Shawn Armstrong
CLE · P
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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 saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

José Alvarado wins 2 categories (K, SV); Shawn Armstrong wins 1 (W); 2 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
José Alvarado
97.3
Shawn Armstrong
93.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
José Alvarado
14.9%
Shawn Armstrong
12.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
José Alvarado
28.1%
Shawn Armstrong
24.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
José Alvarado
37.0%
Shawn Armstrong
24.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
José Alvarado
29.8%
Shawn Armstrong
42.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
José Alvarado
3.6%
Shawn Armstrong
8.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
José Alvarado
.298
Shawn Armstrong
.328
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
2.806.39
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.59
3.70
Shawn Armstrong
2.806.39
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.60
3.70
WHIPlower is better
José Alvarado
1.012.04
now 1.81
1.24
Shawn Armstrong
1.012.04
now 1.33
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
José Alvarado
4042.80
now 26
36
Shawn Armstrong
4042.80
now 19
32
Winshigher is better
José Alvarado
.5202.48
now 1
12
Shawn Armstrong
.5202.48
now 1
12
Saveshigher is better
José Alvarado
.0003.40
now 1
12
Shawn Armstrong
.0003.40
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 & seeShawn Armstrong — hold.conf 0.50
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