MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 24, 2026
Portrait of Austin Martin
Austin Martin
MIN · RF
Change to
Portrait of Colton Cowser
Colton Cowser
BAL · CF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Colton Cowser.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Colton Cowser wins 3 categories (HR, R, RBI); Austin Martin wins 2 (SB, AVG).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Austin Martin
86.9
Colton Cowser
87.0
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Austin Martin
27.9%
Colton Cowser
37.1%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Austin Martin
2.1%
Colton Cowser
10.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Austin Martin
17.4%
Colton Cowser
29.2%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Austin Martin
7.9%
Colton Cowser
14.9%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Austin Martin
.311
Colton Cowser
.316
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
Austin Martin
.200.290
lg AVG .295
now .262
.234
Colton Cowser
.200.290
lg AVG .295
now .227
.198

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Austin Martin
55.20
now 2
1
Colton Cowser
55.20
now 4
4
Runshigher is better
Austin Martin
2025.20
now 22
18
Colton Cowser
2025.20
now 17
19
RBIhigher is better
Austin Martin
2023.20
now 17
14
Colton Cowser
2023.20
now 18
20
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Austin Martin
.00010.80
now 8
7
Colton Cowser
.00010.80
now 1
1
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyAustin Martin — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · steadyColton Cowser — hold.conf 0.60
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