MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 6, 2026
Portrait of Byron Buxton
Byron Buxton
MIN · CF
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Portrait of Jackson Merrill
Jackson Merrill
SD · CF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Byron Buxton.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Byron Buxton wins 3 categories (HR, R, RBI); Jackson Merrill wins 2 (SB, AVG).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Byron Buxton
90.3
Jackson Merrill
90.0
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Byron Buxton
47.3%
Jackson Merrill
46.4%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Byron Buxton
17.6%
Jackson Merrill
10.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Byron Buxton
35.2%
Jackson Merrill
36.8%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Byron Buxton
16.6%
Jackson Merrill
14.7%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Byron Buxton
.348
Jackson Merrill
.323
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
Byron Buxton
.200.280
lg AVG .295
now .258
.220
Jackson Merrill
.200.280
lg AVG .295
now .209
.241

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Byron Buxton
522.20
now 17
5
Jackson Merrill
522.20
now 5
4
Runshigher is better
Byron Buxton
2049.60
now 40
24
Jackson Merrill
2049.60
now 26
16
RBIhigher is better
Byron Buxton
2032.60
now 27
16
Jackson Merrill
2032.60
now 21
13
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Byron Buxton
.20012.80
now 5
3
Jackson Merrill
.20012.80
now 10
6
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyByron Buxton — buy.conf 0.67
Hold · leans buyJackson Merrill — hold.conf 0.60
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