MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 30, 2026
Portrait of MacKenzie Gore
MacKenzie Gore
TEX · P
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Portrait of Sandy Alcantara
Sandy Alcantara
MIA · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Sandy Alcantara.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — ERA and WHIP. MacKenzie Gore’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV n/a

Sandy Alcantara wins 2 categories (ERA, WHIP); MacKenzie Gore wins 1 (K); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
MacKenzie Gore
95.4
Sandy Alcantara
97.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
MacKenzie Gore
12.7%
Sandy Alcantara
11.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
MacKenzie Gore
25.5%
Sandy Alcantara
18.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
MacKenzie Gore
31.1%
Sandy Alcantara
32.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
MacKenzie Gore
43.5%
Sandy Alcantara
35.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
MacKenzie Gore
8.7%
Sandy Alcantara
5.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
MacKenzie Gore
.308
Sandy Alcantara
.301
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
MacKenzie Gore
3.474.91
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.96
3.98
Sandy Alcantara
3.474.91
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.59
3.79
WHIPlower is better
MacKenzie Gore
1.121.39
now 1.19
1.32
Sandy Alcantara
1.121.39
now 1.30
1.29

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
MacKenzie Gore
4076.20
now 65
49
Sandy Alcantara
4076.20
now 57
37
Winshigher is better
MacKenzie Gore
1.204.80
now 4
24
Sandy Alcantara
1.204.80
now 4
24

SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyMacKenzie Gore — hold.conf 0.60
BuySandy Alcantara — buy.conf 0.69
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