MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 23, 2026
Portrait of Alex Freeland
Alex Freeland
LAD · 2B
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Portrait of Ketel Marte
Ketel Marte
AZ · 2B
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Ketel Marte.

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

Ketel Marte wins 4 categories (HR, R, RBI, AVG); Alex Freeland wins 0 (none); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Alex Freeland
88.7
Ketel Marte
91.1
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Alex Freeland
37.1%
Ketel Marte
44.7%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Alex Freeland
5.3%
Ketel Marte
10.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Alex Freeland
22.2%
Ketel Marte
31.8%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Alex Freeland
12.2%
Ketel Marte
10.0%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Alex Freeland
.277
Ketel Marte
.362
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
.200.290
lg AVG .295
now .234
.200
Ketel Marte
.200.290
lg AVG .295
now .262
.262

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Alex Freeland
513.20
now 3
2
Ketel Marte
513.20
now 10
5
Runshigher is better
Alex Freeland
2043.80
now 13
16
Ketel Marte
2043.80
now 35
26
RBIhigher is better
Alex Freeland
2045
now 10
12
Ketel Marte
2045
now 35
26
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Alex Freeland
.0001.20
now 0
0
Ketel Marte
.0001.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
SellAlex Freeland — sell.conf 0.63
Buy LowKetel Marte — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.66
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