MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 8, 2026
Portrait of Ryan Rolison
Ryan Rolison
CHC · P
Change to
Portrait of Tyler Alexander
Tyler Alexander
TEX · P
Change to
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 saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Ryan Rolison
94.6
Tyler Alexander
91.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Ryan Rolison
9.9%
Tyler Alexander
10.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Ryan Rolison
25.3%
Tyler Alexander
20.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Ryan Rolison
25.7%
Tyler Alexander
32.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Ryan Rolison
42.1%
Tyler Alexander
35.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Ryan Rolison
6.9%
Tyler Alexander
4.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Ryan Rolison
.305
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
Ryan Rolison
2.574.02
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.89
3.70
Tyler Alexander
2.574.02
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.12
3.33
WHIPlower is better
Ryan Rolison
1.171.46
now 1.39
1.24
Tyler Alexander
1.171.46
now 1.38
1.28

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Ryan Rolison
4026.60
now 16
10
Tyler Alexander
4026.60
now 21
11
Winshigher is better
Ryan Rolison
.0005.60
now 3
14
Tyler Alexander
.0005.60
now 1
01
Saveshigher is better
Ryan Rolison
.0003.40
now 0
0
Tyler Alexander
.0003.40
now 2
02
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeRyan Rolison — hold.conf 0.50
BuyTyler Alexander — buy.conf 0.83
Tweet