MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 8, 2026
Portrait of Ranger Suarez
Ranger Suarez
BOS · P
Change to
Portrait of Sandy Alcantara
Sandy Alcantara
MIA · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Ranger Suarez.

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

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

Ranger Suarez wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Sandy Alcantara wins 1 (W); SV n/a.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Ranger Suarez
91.7
Sandy Alcantara
97.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Ranger Suarez
10.8%
Sandy Alcantara
11.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Ranger Suarez
25.5%
Sandy Alcantara
18.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Ranger Suarez
31.5%
Sandy Alcantara
31.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Ranger Suarez
33.9%
Sandy Alcantara
35.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Ranger Suarez
4.9%
Sandy Alcantara
5.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Ranger Suarez
.293
Sandy Alcantara
.300
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
Ranger Suarez
2.905.07
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.38
3.56
Sandy Alcantara
2.905.07
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.59
3.74
WHIPlower is better
Ranger Suarez
1.091.37
now 1.16
1.26
Sandy Alcantara
1.091.37
now 1.30
1.29

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Ranger Suarez
4067.40
now 57
36
Sandy Alcantara
4067.40
now 57
31
Winshigher is better
Ranger Suarez
.0005.20
now 2
12
Sandy Alcantara
.0005.20
now 4
13

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyRanger Suarez — buy.conf 0.76
BuySandy Alcantara — buy.conf 0.71
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