MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 4, 2026
Portrait of A.J. Ewing
A.J. Ewing
NYM · CF
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Portrait of Leody Taveras
Leody Taveras
BAL · CF
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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. Leody Taveras’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); Leody Taveras 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
89.0
Leody Taveras
87.5
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
A.J. Ewing
42.6%
Leody Taveras
31.1%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
A.J. Ewing
6.1%
Leody Taveras
4.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
A.J. Ewing
26.6%
Leody Taveras
30.8%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
A.J. Ewing
9.8%
Leody Taveras
12.0%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
A.J. Ewing
.349
Leody Taveras
.290
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
Leody Taveras
.200.290
lg AVG .295
now .274
.229

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
A.J. Ewing
55.20
now 1
4
Leody Taveras
55.20
now 2
3
Runshigher is better
A.J. Ewing
2034.60
now 8
20
Leody Taveras
2034.60
now 22
27
RBIhigher is better
A.J. Ewing
2035.40
now 6
15
Leody Taveras
2035.40
now 22
27
Stolen Baseshigher is better
A.J. Ewing
1.6012.40
now 4
10
Leody Taveras
1.6012.40
now 6
7
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyA.J. Ewing — buy.conf 0.67
SellLeody Taveras — sell.conf 0.60
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