MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of A.J. Ewing
A.J. Ewing
NYM · CF
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Portrait of James Wood
James Wood
WSH · RF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

James Wood.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

James Wood wins 4 categories (HR, R, RBI, AVG); A.J. Ewing wins 1 (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
89.6
James Wood
95.0
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
A.J. Ewing
43.4%
James Wood
60.1%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
A.J. Ewing
7.6%
James Wood
22.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
A.J. Ewing
28.3%
James Wood
22.3%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
A.J. Ewing
10.8%
James Wood
11.7%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
A.J. Ewing
.338
James Wood
.433
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
.200.290
lg AVG .295
now .224
.244
James Wood
.200.290
lg AVG .295
now .272
.256

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
A.J. Ewing
522
now 1
3
James Wood
522
now 16
10
Runshigher is better
A.J. Ewing
2071
now 8
16
James Wood
2071
now 53
38
RBIhigher is better
A.J. Ewing
2052.20
now 6
12
James Wood
2052.20
now 39
28
Stolen Baseshigher is better
A.J. Ewing
1.6012.40
now 4
8
James Wood
1.6012.40
now 10
7
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyA.J. Ewing — buy.conf 0.65
BuyJames Wood — buy.conf 0.84
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