MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 8, 2026
Portrait of Kevin Ginkel
Kevin Ginkel
AZ · P
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Portrait of Tyler Alexander
Tyler Alexander
TEX · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22, 1 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Kevin Ginkel wins 2 (K, WHIP); Tyler Alexander wins 2 (ERA, SV); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Kevin Ginkel
95.5
Tyler Alexander
91.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Kevin Ginkel
14.5%
Tyler Alexander
10.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Kevin Ginkel
21.9%
Tyler Alexander
20.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Kevin Ginkel
35.7%
Tyler Alexander
32.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Kevin Ginkel
41.3%
Tyler Alexander
35.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Kevin Ginkel
9.4%
Tyler Alexander
4.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Kevin Ginkel
.312
Tyler Alexander
.284
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
Kevin Ginkel
2.843.96
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.09
3.71
Tyler Alexander
2.843.96
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.12
3.33
WHIPlower is better
Kevin Ginkel
.9501.50
now 1.07
1.24
Tyler Alexander
.9501.50
now 1.38
1.28

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Kevin Ginkel
4034.80
now 28
19
Tyler Alexander
4034.80
now 21
11
Winshigher is better
Kevin Ginkel
.0001.48
now 1
01
Tyler Alexander
.0001.48
now 1
01
Saveshigher is better
Kevin Ginkel
.0003.40
now 0
0
Tyler Alexander
.0003.40
now 2
02
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeKevin Ginkel — hold.conf 0.50
BuyTyler Alexander — buy.conf 0.83
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