MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 23, 2026
Portrait of A.J. Ewing
A.J. Ewing
NYM · CF
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Portrait of Taylor Ward
Taylor Ward
BAL · LF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Taylor Ward.

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

Taylor Ward 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
89.4
Taylor Ward
89.3
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
A.J. Ewing
42.6%
Taylor Ward
38.2%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
A.J. Ewing
7.1%
Taylor Ward
5.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
A.J. Ewing
28.5%
Taylor Ward
14.2%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
A.J. Ewing
11.3%
Taylor Ward
6.5%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
A.J. Ewing
.327
Taylor Ward
.347
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
.210.260
lg AVG .295
now .224
.241
Taylor Ward
.210.260
lg AVG .295
now .248
.248

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
A.J. Ewing
55.20
now 1
3
Taylor Ward
55.20
now 2
4
Runshigher is better
A.J. Ewing
2047.20
now 8
15
Taylor Ward
2047.20
now 36
25
RBIhigher is better
A.J. Ewing
2021.40
now 6
11
Taylor Ward
2021.40
now 17
12
Stolen Baseshigher is better
A.J. Ewing
.00010.80
now 4
8
Taylor Ward
.00010.80
now 2
1
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans buyA.J. Ewing — hold.conf 0.60
BuyTaylor Ward — buy.conf 0.66
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