MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 31, 2026
Portrait of Sandy Alcantara
Sandy Alcantara
MIA · P
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Portrait of Trevor McDonald
Trevor McDonald
SF · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

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

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

Sandy Alcantara wins 2 (ERA, WHIP); Trevor McDonald wins 2 (K, W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Sandy Alcantara
97.5
Trevor McDonald
94.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Sandy Alcantara
11.2%
Trevor McDonald
9.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Sandy Alcantara
18.4%
Trevor McDonald
18.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Sandy Alcantara
32.0%
Trevor McDonald
29.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Sandy Alcantara
35.6%
Trevor McDonald
37.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Sandy Alcantara
5.6%
Trevor McDonald
4.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Sandy Alcantara
.301
Trevor McDonald
.312
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
Sandy Alcantara
3.464.91
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.59
3.78
Trevor McDonald
3.464.91
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.34
4.09
WHIPlower is better
Sandy Alcantara
.9601.46
now 1.30
1.29
Trevor McDonald
.9601.46
now 1.07
1.35

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Sandy Alcantara
4069
now 57
36
Trevor McDonald
4069
now 27
41
Winshigher is better
Sandy Alcantara
1.204.80
now 4
23
Trevor McDonald
1.204.80
now 2
24

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuySandy Alcantara — buy.conf 0.70
Hold · steadyTrevor McDonald — hold.conf 0.60
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