MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Bobby Witt Jr.
Bobby Witt Jr.
KC · SS
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Portrait of Jorge Mateo
Jorge Mateo
ATL · SS
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Bobby Witt Jr..

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — home runs, RBI, steals, and average.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Bobby Witt Jr. wins 4 categories (HR, RBI, SB, AVG); Jorge Mateo wins 1 (R).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Bobby Witt Jr.
93.1
Jorge Mateo
90.4
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Bobby Witt Jr.
52.4%
Jorge Mateo
47.7%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Bobby Witt Jr.
11.8%
Jorge Mateo
10.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Bobby Witt Jr.
33.2%
Jorge Mateo
41.6%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Bobby Witt Jr.
12.0%
Jorge Mateo
16.6%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Bobby Witt Jr.
.386
Jorge Mateo
.325
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
Bobby Witt Jr.
.200.350
lg AVG .295
now .287
.293
Jorge Mateo
.200.350
lg AVG .295
now .316
.236

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Bobby Witt Jr.
511.80
now 9
6
Jorge Mateo
511.80
now 4
2
Runshigher is better
Bobby Witt Jr.
2040.20
now 30
22
Jorge Mateo
2040.20
now 22
35
RBIhigher is better
Bobby Witt Jr.
2032
now 26
19
Jorge Mateo
2032
now 11
18
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Bobby Witt Jr.
321
now 17
13
Jorge Mateo
321
now 7
11
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyBobby Witt Jr. — buy.conf 0.74
Hold · wait & seeJorge Mateo — hold.conf 0.50
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