MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 2, 2026
Portrait of A.J. Ewing
A.J. Ewing
NYM · CF
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Portrait of Jake Mangum
Jake Mangum
PIT · LF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Jake Mangum.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Jake Mangum wins 3 categories (R, SB, AVG); A.J. Ewing wins 1 (HR); 1 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
A.J. Ewing
88.8
Jake Mangum
83.8
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
A.J. Ewing
42.0%
Jake Mangum
25.8%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
A.J. Ewing
6.3%
Jake Mangum
1.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
A.J. Ewing
26.5%
Jake Mangum
48.3%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
A.J. Ewing
9.8%
Jake Mangum
11.7%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
A.J. Ewing
.352
Jake Mangum
.274
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
.210.290
lg AVG .295
now .224
.245
Jake Mangum
.210.290
lg AVG .295
now .269
.252

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
A.J. Ewing
55.20
now 1
4
Jake Mangum
55.20
now 1
1
Runshigher is better
A.J. Ewing
2033.20
now 8
20
Jake Mangum
2033.20
now 16
26
RBIhigher is better
A.J. Ewing
2018.60
now 6
15
Jake Mangum
2018.60
now 9
15
Stolen Baseshigher is better
A.J. Ewing
.40016.60
now 4
10
Jake Mangum
.40016.60
now 8
13
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyA.J. Ewing — buy.conf 0.67
SellJake Mangum — sell.conf 0.63
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