MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Portrait of Alex Freeland
Alex Freeland
LAD · 2B
Change to
Jake Cronenworth
SD · 2B
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Jake Cronenworth.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — runs, steals, and average. Alex Freeland’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Jake Cronenworth wins 3 categories (R, SB, AVG); Alex Freeland wins 1 (RBI); 1 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Alex Freeland
88.7
Jake Cronenworth
88.1
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Alex Freeland
37.1%
Jake Cronenworth
34.8%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Alex Freeland
5.3%
Jake Cronenworth
5.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Alex Freeland
22.6%
Jake Cronenworth
27.3%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Alex Freeland
12.2%
Jake Cronenworth
10.3%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Alex Freeland
.276
Jake Cronenworth
.312
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
Alex Freeland
.200.270
lg AVG .295
now .234
.199
Jake Cronenworth
.200.270
lg AVG .295
now .144
.233

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Alex Freeland
54.20
now 3
2
Jake Cronenworth
54.20
now 1
2
Runshigher is better
Alex Freeland
2018.20
now 13
14
Jake Cronenworth
2018.20
now 13
15
RBIhigher is better
Alex Freeland
2014.20
now 10
11
Jake Cronenworth
2014.20
now 4
5
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Alex Freeland
.0002.20
now 0
0
Jake Cronenworth
.0002.20
now 1
1
If you already own them — trade angle
SellAlex Freeland — sell.conf 0.63
Hold · steadyJake Cronenworth — hold.conf 0.60
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