MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 7, 2026
Portrait of A.J. Ewing
A.J. Ewing
NYM · CF
Change to
Luis Lara
MIL · RF
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22, 1 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

A.J. Ewing wins 2 (HR, SB); Luis Lara wins 2 (RBI, AVG); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
A.J. Ewing
89.6
Luis Lara
88.2
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
A.J. Ewing
43.7%
Luis Lara
37.0%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
A.J. Ewing
8.1%
Luis Lara
4.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
A.J. Ewing
27.9%
Luis Lara
20.3%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
A.J. Ewing
11.3%
Luis Lara
7.2%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
A.J. Ewing
.323
Luis Lara
.337
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
05

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
.200.300
lg AVG .295
now .224
.237
Luis Lara
.200.300
lg AVG .295
now .250
.279

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
A.J. Ewing
53.20
now 1
2
Luis Lara
53.20
now 0
1
Runshigher is better
A.J. Ewing
2016.40
now 8
12
Luis Lara
2016.40
now 1
12
RBIhigher is better
A.J. Ewing
2034.20
now 6
9
Luis Lara
2034.20
now 2
25
Stolen Baseshigher is better
A.J. Ewing
.0008.40
now 4
6
Luis Lara
.0008.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans buyA.J. Ewing — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · wait & seeLuis Lara — hold.conf 0.50
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