MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Andrew Benintendi
Andrew Benintendi
CWS · DH
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Portrait of Spencer Horwitz
Spencer Horwitz
PIT · 1B
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Andrew Benintendi.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Andrew Benintendi wins 2 categories (RBI, AVG); Spencer Horwitz wins 1 (R); 2 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Andrew Benintendi
89.1
Spencer Horwitz
86.9
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Andrew Benintendi
48.7%
Spencer Horwitz
34.3%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Andrew Benintendi
9.7%
Spencer Horwitz
8.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Andrew Benintendi
31.8%
Spencer Horwitz
24.2%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Andrew Benintendi
14.6%
Spencer Horwitz
6.2%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Andrew Benintendi
.328
Spencer Horwitz
.339
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
Andrew Benintendi
.210.310
lg AVG .295
now .238
.239
Spencer Horwitz
.210.310
lg AVG .295
now .289
.234

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Andrew Benintendi
58.20
now 5
4
Spencer Horwitz
58.20
now 7
4
Runshigher is better
Andrew Benintendi
2027.20
now 21
19
Spencer Horwitz
2027.20
now 24
21
RBIhigher is better
Andrew Benintendi
2030.20
now 27
25
Spencer Horwitz
2030.20
now 26
22
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Andrew Benintendi
.0002.20
now 1
1
Spencer Horwitz
.0002.20
now 1
1
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans buyAndrew Benintendi — hold.conf 0.60
BuySpencer Horwitz — buy.conf 0.65
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