MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 22, 2026
Portrait of Brice Matthews
Brice Matthews
HOU · CF
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Portrait of James Outman
James Outman
DET · CF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22, 1 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Brice Matthews wins 2 (RBI, AVG); James Outman wins 2 (R, SB); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Brice Matthews
86.8
James Outman
86.0
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Brice Matthews
37.1%
James Outman
33.8%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Brice Matthews
8.6%
James Outman
6.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Brice Matthews
25.3%
James Outman
29.1%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Brice Matthews
16.3%
James Outman
21.4%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Brice Matthews
.260
James Outman
.212
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
Brice Matthews
.200.220
lg AVG .295
now .204
.182
James Outman
.200.220
lg AVG .295
now .161
.163

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Brice Matthews
55.60
now 4
3
James Outman
55.60
now 0
3
Runshigher is better
Brice Matthews
2019.20
now 14
14
James Outman
2019.20
now 9
16
RBIhigher is better
Brice Matthews
2018.40
now 14
14
James Outman
2018.40
now 3
5
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Brice Matthews
.0009
now 2
2
James Outman
.0009
now 4
7
If you already own them — trade angle
SellBrice Matthews — sell.conf 0.66
Hold · wait & seeJames Outman — hold.conf 0.50
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