MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Austin Martin
Austin Martin
MIN · RF
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Portrait of James Wood
James Wood
WSH · RF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

James Wood.

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

James Wood wins 4 categories (HR, R, RBI, AVG); Austin Martin wins 0 (none); 1 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Austin Martin
87.0
James Wood
95.0
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Austin Martin
28.0%
James Wood
60.1%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Austin Martin
2.2%
James Wood
22.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Austin Martin
17.6%
James Wood
22.3%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Austin Martin
8.0%
James Wood
11.7%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Austin Martin
.317
James Wood
.433
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
.230.280
lg AVG .295
now .262
.240
James Wood
.230.280
lg AVG .295
now .272
.256

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Austin Martin
522
now 2
1
James Wood
522
now 16
10
Runshigher is better
Austin Martin
2066.20
now 22
20
James Wood
2066.20
now 53
38
RBIhigher is better
Austin Martin
2048.60
now 17
15
James Wood
2048.60
now 39
28
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Austin Martin
5.8011.20
now 8
7
James Wood
5.8011.20
now 10
7
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyAustin Martin — hold.conf 0.60
BuyJames Wood — buy.conf 0.84
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