MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Adrian Del Castillo
Adrian Del Castillo
AZ · DH
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Portrait of Masataka Yoshida
Masataka Yoshida
BOS · DH
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Masataka Yoshida.

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

Masataka Yoshida wins 3 categories (R, SB, AVG); Adrian Del Castillo wins 2 (HR, RBI).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Adrian Del Castillo
89.2
Masataka Yoshida
88.7
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Adrian Del Castillo
39.4%
Masataka Yoshida
38.7%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Adrian Del Castillo
6.7%
Masataka Yoshida
3.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Adrian Del Castillo
29.8%
Masataka Yoshida
29.2%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Adrian Del Castillo
13.9%
Masataka Yoshida
6.8%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Adrian Del Castillo
.261
Masataka Yoshida
.321
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
Adrian Del Castillo
.200.300
lg AVG .295
now .192
.181
Masataka Yoshida
.200.300
lg AVG .295
now .259
.267

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Adrian Del Castillo
55.20
now 4
3
Masataka Yoshida
55.20
now 1
2
Runshigher is better
Adrian Del Castillo
2019.20
now 9
11
Masataka Yoshida
2019.20
now 13
16
RBIhigher is better
Adrian Del Castillo
2029.60
now 20
24
Masataka Yoshida
2029.60
now 10
12
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Adrian Del Castillo
.0002.20
now 0
0
Masataka Yoshida
.0002.20
now 1
1
If you already own them — trade angle
SellAdrian Del Castillo — sell.conf 0.66
Hold · steadyMasataka Yoshida — hold.conf 0.60
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