MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Brendan Donovan
SEA · 3B
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Gabriel Arias
CLE · 3B
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Brendan Donovan.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Brendan Donovan wins 3 categories (R, SB, AVG); Gabriel Arias wins 2 (HR, RBI).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Brendan Donovan
85.9
Gabriel Arias
92.0
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Brendan Donovan
32.9%
Gabriel Arias
50.0%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Brendan Donovan
4.3%
Gabriel Arias
11.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Brendan Donovan
25.3%
Gabriel Arias
33.8%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Brendan Donovan
8.7%
Gabriel Arias
21.7%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Brendan Donovan
.344
Gabriel Arias
.302
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
05

The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · batting average
AVGhigher is better
Brendan Donovan
.200.300
lg AVG .295
now .274
.242
Gabriel Arias
.200.300
lg AVG .295
now .200
.208

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Brendan Donovan
55.20
now 3
2
Gabriel Arias
55.20
now 2
4
Runshigher is better
Brendan Donovan
2018.80
now 9
14
Gabriel Arias
2018.80
now 2
8
RBIhigher is better
Brendan Donovan
2022.20
now 8
13
Gabriel Arias
2022.20
now 4
17
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Brendan Donovan
.0003.20
now 1
2
Gabriel Arias
.0003.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeBrendan Donovan — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeGabriel Arias — hold.conf 0.50
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