MLB Daily DeltaWeek 14 · June 29, 2026
Braden Montgomery
CWS · RF
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Portrait of Jake McCarthy
Jake McCarthy
COL · CF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Braden Montgomery.

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

Braden Montgomery wins 3 categories (HR, R, RBI); Jake McCarthy 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
Braden Montgomery
90.9
Jake McCarthy
84.6
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Braden Montgomery
42.9%
Jake McCarthy
23.8%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Braden Montgomery
7.1%
Jake McCarthy
5.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Braden Montgomery
28.8%
Jake McCarthy
34.4%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Braden Montgomery
14.9%
Jake McCarthy
12.2%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Braden Montgomery
.315
Jake McCarthy
.309
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
Braden Montgomery
.200.480
lg AVG .295
now .444
.199
Jake McCarthy
.200.480
lg AVG .295
now .288
.258

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Braden Montgomery
55.20
now 1
4
Jake McCarthy
55.20
now 4
3
Runshigher is better
Braden Montgomery
2059.40
now 2
43
Jake McCarthy
2059.40
now 20
27
RBIhigher is better
Braden Montgomery
2089.80
now 3
65
Jake McCarthy
2089.80
now 25
34
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Braden Montgomery
.00019.60
now 0
0
Jake McCarthy
.00019.60
now 10
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If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeBraden Montgomery — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighJake McCarthy — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.78
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