MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 8, 2026
Braden Montgomery
CWS · RF
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Portrait of Taylor Ward
Taylor Ward
SEA · LF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Taylor Ward.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Taylor Ward wins 3 categories (HR, SB, AVG); Braden Montgomery wins 2 (R, RBI).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Braden Montgomery
88.8
Taylor Ward
89.0
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Braden Montgomery
39.7%
Taylor Ward
38.8%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Braden Montgomery
3.1%
Taylor Ward
5.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Braden Montgomery
31.1%
Taylor Ward
14.4%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Braden Montgomery
15.3%
Taylor Ward
6.6%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Braden Montgomery
.299
Taylor Ward
.343
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
.192
Taylor Ward
.200.480
lg AVG .295
now .248
.245

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Braden Montgomery
54.20
now 1
1
Taylor Ward
54.20
now 2
3
Runshigher is better
Braden Montgomery
2049.60
now 2
24
Taylor Ward
2049.60
now 36
19
RBIhigher is better
Braden Montgomery
2049.20
now 3
36
Taylor Ward
2049.20
now 17
9
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Braden Montgomery
.0003.20
now 0
0
Taylor Ward
.0003.20
now 2
1
If you already own them — trade angle
SellBraden Montgomery — sell.conf 0.58
Hold · leans buyTaylor Ward — hold.conf 0.60
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