MLB Daily DeltaWeek 14 · June 26, 2026
Portrait of A.J. Ewing
A.J. Ewing
NYM · CF
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Portrait of Carlos Cortes
Carlos Cortes
ATH · RF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Carlos Cortes.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — home runs, RBI, and average.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

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

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
A.J. Ewing
89.0
Carlos Cortes
89.7
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
A.J. Ewing
41.7%
Carlos Cortes
39.9%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
A.J. Ewing
6.3%
Carlos Cortes
8.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
A.J. Ewing
26.0%
Carlos Cortes
23.6%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
A.J. Ewing
9.6%
Carlos Cortes
8.6%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
A.J. Ewing
.344
Carlos Cortes
.356
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
.200.370
lg AVG .295
now .224
.246
Carlos Cortes
.200.370
lg AVG .295
now .328
.276

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
A.J. Ewing
58
now 1
4
Carlos Cortes
58
now 5
6
Runshigher is better
A.J. Ewing
2027.60
now 8
22
Carlos Cortes
2027.60
now 14
20
RBIhigher is better
A.J. Ewing
2032.60
now 6
16
Carlos Cortes
2032.60
now 17
25
Stolen Baseshigher is better
A.J. Ewing
.00015
now 4
11
Carlos Cortes
.00015
now 1
1
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeA.J. Ewing — hold.conf 0.50
BuyCarlos Cortes — buy.conf 0.68
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