MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Brice Matthews
Brice Matthews
HOU · CF
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Portrait of James Wood
James Wood
WSH · RF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

James Wood.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

James Wood wins 5 categories (HR, R, RBI, SB, AVG); Brice Matthews wins 0 (none).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Brice Matthews
86.8
James Wood
95.0
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Brice Matthews
37.1%
James Wood
60.1%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Brice Matthews
8.6%
James Wood
22.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Brice Matthews
25.3%
James Wood
22.3%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Brice Matthews
16.3%
James Wood
11.7%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Brice Matthews
.260
James Wood
.433
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
.200.310
lg AVG .295
now .204
.183
James Wood
.200.310
lg AVG .295
now .272
.256

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Brice Matthews
520.80
now 4
4
James Wood
520.80
now 16
10
Runshigher is better
Brice Matthews
2068.60
now 14
15
James Wood
2068.60
now 53
38
RBIhigher is better
Brice Matthews
2049
now 14
15
James Wood
2049
now 39
28
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Brice Matthews
.00013.20
now 2
2
James Wood
.00013.20
now 10
7
If you already own them — trade angle
SellBrice Matthews — sell.conf 0.66
BuyJames Wood — buy.conf 0.84
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