MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 20, 2026
Portrait of Austin Wells
Austin Wells
NYY · C
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Portrait of Carlos Narváez
Carlos Narváez
BOS · C
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Carlos Narváez.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — runs, steals, and average. Austin Wells’s box score looks better right now, but it’s built on luck that won’t hold.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Carlos Narváez wins 3 categories (R, SB, AVG); Austin Wells wins 2 (HR, RBI).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Austin Wells
89.3
Carlos Narváez
91.4
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Austin Wells
44.1%
Carlos Narváez
38.0%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Austin Wells
6.6%
Carlos Narváez
7.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Austin Wells
30.1%
Carlos Narváez
33.7%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Austin Wells
14.6%
Carlos Narváez
16.8%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Austin Wells
.285
Carlos Narváez
.278
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 Wells
.200.240
lg AVG .295
now .178
.186
Carlos Narváez
.200.240
lg AVG .295
now .220
.207

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Austin Wells
55.20
now 4
4
Carlos Narváez
55.20
now 2
3
Runshigher is better
Austin Wells
2021.20
now 15
16
Carlos Narváez
2021.20
now 14
18
RBIhigher is better
Austin Wells
2010.20
now 7
7
Carlos Narváez
2010.20
now 3
4
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Austin Wells
.0002.20
now 0
0
Carlos Narváez
.0002.20
now 1
1
If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowAustin Wells — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.72
SellCarlos Narváez — sell.conf 0.62
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