MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Alex Freeland
Alex Freeland
LAD · 2B
Change to
Portrait of Jeff McNeil
Jeff McNeil
ATH · 2B
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

Alex Freeland wins 2 (HR, R); Jeff McNeil wins 2 (SB, AVG); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Alex Freeland
88.7
Jeff McNeil
86.5
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Alex Freeland
37.4%
Jeff McNeil
32.2%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Alex Freeland
5.3%
Jeff McNeil
0.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Alex Freeland
22.1%
Jeff McNeil
33.0%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Alex Freeland
11.9%
Jeff McNeil
9.2%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Alex Freeland
.279
Jeff McNeil
.296
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
.202
Jeff McNeil
.200.270
lg AVG .295
now .251
.242

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Alex Freeland
54.20
now 3
2
Jeff McNeil
54.20
now 2
1
Runshigher is better
Alex Freeland
2020.20
now 13
17
Jeff McNeil
2020.20
now 15
13
RBIhigher is better
Alex Freeland
2018.20
now 10
13
Jeff McNeil
2018.20
now 15
13
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Alex Freeland
.0002.20
now 0
0
Jeff McNeil
.0002.20
now 1
1
If you already own them — trade angle
SellAlex Freeland — sell.conf 0.62
SellJeff McNeil — sell.conf 0.59
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