MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 27, 2026
Portrait of Sandy Alcantara
Sandy Alcantara
MIA · P
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Portrait of Troy Melton
Troy Melton
DET · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Troy Melton.

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

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

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

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Sandy Alcantara
97.5
Troy Melton
96.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Sandy Alcantara
11.2%
Troy Melton
12.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Sandy Alcantara
18.4%
Troy Melton
23.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Sandy Alcantara
32.0%
Troy Melton
31.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Sandy Alcantara
35.4%
Troy Melton
35.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Sandy Alcantara
5.6%
Troy Melton
6.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Sandy Alcantara
.300
Troy Melton
.278
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
25.86
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.59
3.76
Troy Melton
25.86
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.42
3.20
WHIPlower is better
Sandy Alcantara
.9001.45
now 1.30
1.31
Troy Melton
.9001.45
now 0.95
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Sandy Alcantara
4078.20
now 57
39
Troy Melton
4078.20
now 4
12
Winshigher is better
Sandy Alcantara
.0006.60
now 4
24
Troy Melton
.0006.60
now 1
25

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuySandy Alcantara — buy.conf 0.70
Sell HighTroy Melton — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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