MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 3, 2026
Portrait of Nate Pearson
Nate Pearson
KC · P
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Portrait of Tyler Alexander
Tyler Alexander
TEX · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Tyler Alexander.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and wins.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Tyler Alexander wins 3 categories (K, ERA, W); Nate Pearson wins 2 (WHIP, SV).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Nate Pearson
97.6
Tyler Alexander
91.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Nate Pearson
10.6%
Tyler Alexander
10.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Nate Pearson
17.8%
Tyler Alexander
20.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Nate Pearson
29.8%
Tyler Alexander
32.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Nate Pearson
33.3%
Tyler Alexander
34.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Nate Pearson
6.7%
Tyler Alexander
4.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Nate Pearson
.331
Tyler Alexander
.286
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
Nate Pearson
25.18
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.00
3.70
Tyler Alexander
25.18
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.12
3.38
WHIPlower is better
Nate Pearson
.9701.50
now 1.09
1.24
Tyler Alexander
.9701.50
now 1.38
1.30

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Nate Pearson
4028.60
now 2
8
Tyler Alexander
4028.60
now 21
13
Winshigher is better
Nate Pearson
.0001.48
now 0
00
Tyler Alexander
.0001.48
now 1
01
Saveshigher is better
Nate Pearson
.0008.40
now 1
16
Tyler Alexander
.0008.40
now 2
02
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighNate Pearson — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
BuyTyler Alexander — buy.conf 0.82
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