MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 27, 2026
Portrait of Andrew Vaughn
Andrew Vaughn
MIL · 1B
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Portrait of Josh Naylor
Josh Naylor
SEA · 1B
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Andrew Vaughn.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Andrew Vaughn wins 3 categories (R, RBI, AVG); Josh Naylor wins 1 (SB); 1 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Andrew Vaughn
89.9
Josh Naylor
87.4
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Andrew Vaughn
40.6%
Josh Naylor
35.8%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Andrew Vaughn
4.9%
Josh Naylor
4.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Andrew Vaughn
22.3%
Josh Naylor
37.1%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Andrew Vaughn
7.3%
Josh Naylor
9.5%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Andrew Vaughn
.341
Josh Naylor
.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
Andrew Vaughn
.210.390
lg AVG .295
now .354
.285
Josh Naylor
.210.390
lg AVG .295
now .254
.256

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Andrew Vaughn
58
now 1
2
Josh Naylor
58
now 6
2
Runshigher is better
Andrew Vaughn
2025.40
now 10
18
Josh Naylor
2025.40
now 21
14
RBIhigher is better
Andrew Vaughn
2031
now 10
18
Josh Naylor
2031
now 25
17
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Andrew Vaughn
.00016.80
now 0
0
Josh Naylor
.00016.80
now 12
8
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighAndrew Vaughn — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.74
Hold · steadyJosh Naylor — hold.conf 0.60
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