MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Brent Rooker
Brent Rooker
ATH · DH
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Portrait of Yordan Alvarez
Yordan Alvarez
HOU · DH
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Yordan Alvarez.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Yordan Alvarez wins 4 categories (HR, R, RBI, AVG); Brent Rooker wins 1 (SB).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Brent Rooker
89.9
Yordan Alvarez
94.7
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Brent Rooker
41.9%
Yordan Alvarez
53.4%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Brent Rooker
15.4%
Yordan Alvarez
18.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Brent Rooker
31.0%
Yordan Alvarez
27.1%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Brent Rooker
19.1%
Yordan Alvarez
8.3%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Brent Rooker
.314
Yordan Alvarez
.476
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
Brent Rooker
.200.350
lg AVG .295
now .194
.186
Yordan Alvarez
.200.350
lg AVG .295
now .301
.296

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Brent Rooker
525.60
now 8
6
Yordan Alvarez
525.60
now 20
9
Runshigher is better
Brent Rooker
2048.60
now 15
15
Yordan Alvarez
2048.60
now 39
29
RBIhigher is better
Brent Rooker
20.8044.20
now 26
26
Yordan Alvarez
20.8044.20
now 39
29
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Brent Rooker
.0003.20
now 2
2
Yordan Alvarez
.0003.20
now 1
1
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyBrent Rooker — hold.conf 0.60
BuyYordan Alvarez — buy.conf 0.92
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