MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 7, 2026
Portrait of Brice Matthews
Brice Matthews
HOU · CF
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Portrait of TJ Friedl
TJ Friedl
CIN · CF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Brice Matthews.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Brice Matthews wins 3 categories (HR, RBI, AVG); TJ Friedl wins 2 (R, SB).

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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
TJ Friedl
87.5
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Brice Matthews
37.1%
TJ Friedl
27.8%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Brice Matthews
8.6%
TJ Friedl
2.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Brice Matthews
25.3%
TJ Friedl
25.5%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Brice Matthews
16.3%
TJ Friedl
11.0%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Brice Matthews
.260
TJ Friedl
.236
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
.180
TJ Friedl
.200.220
lg AVG .295
now .181
.171

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Brice Matthews
55.20
now 4
2
TJ Friedl
55.20
now 2
1
Runshigher is better
Brice Matthews
2018.20
now 14
10
TJ Friedl
2018.20
now 15
11
RBIhigher is better
Brice Matthews
2017.20
now 14
10
TJ Friedl
2017.20
now 8
6
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Brice Matthews
.0006.60
now 2
1
TJ Friedl
.0006.60
now 5
4
If you already own them — trade angle
SellBrice Matthews — sell.conf 0.66
SellTJ Friedl — sell.conf 0.71
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