MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 8, 2026
Portrait of A.J. Ewing
A.J. Ewing
NYM · CF
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Portrait of Angel Martínez
Angel Martínez
CLE · LF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

A.J. Ewing.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — home runs, steals, and average. Angel Martínez’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

A.J. Ewing wins 3 categories (HR, SB, AVG); Angel Martínez wins 2 (R, RBI).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
A.J. Ewing
89.5
Angel Martínez
87.8
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
A.J. Ewing
43.2%
Angel Martínez
36.1%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
A.J. Ewing
8.0%
Angel Martínez
7.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
A.J. Ewing
28.0%
Angel Martínez
44.0%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
A.J. Ewing
11.4%
Angel Martínez
11.3%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
A.J. Ewing
.324
Angel Martínez
.296
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 · batting average
AVGhigher is better
A.J. Ewing
.200.260
lg AVG .295
now .224
.239
Angel Martínez
.200.260
lg AVG .295
now .243
.216

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
A.J. Ewing
512.20
now 1
2
Angel Martínez
512.20
now 9
1
Runshigher is better
A.J. Ewing
2030.40
now 8
11
Angel Martínez
2030.40
now 24
15
RBIhigher is better
A.J. Ewing
2038.20
now 6
8
Angel Martínez
2038.20
now 29
18
Stolen Baseshigher is better
A.J. Ewing
2.409.60
now 4
6
Angel Martínez
2.409.60
now 8
5
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans buyA.J. Ewing — hold.conf 0.60
SellAngel Martínez — sell.conf 0.59
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