MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 11, 2026
Portrait of Byron Buxton
Byron Buxton
MIN · CF
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Portrait of Jake McCarthy
Jake McCarthy
COL · LF
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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

Byron Buxton wins 2 (HR, R); Jake McCarthy wins 2 (SB, AVG); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Byron Buxton
90.2
Jake McCarthy
85.5
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Byron Buxton
46.7%
Jake McCarthy
28.8%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Byron Buxton
15.8%
Jake McCarthy
5.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Byron Buxton
34.4%
Jake McCarthy
38.1%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Byron Buxton
16.5%
Jake McCarthy
12.3%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Byron Buxton
.343
Jake McCarthy
.322
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
.200.320
lg AVG .295
now .258
.210
Jake McCarthy
.200.320
lg AVG .295
now .288
.259

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Byron Buxton
523.80
now 17
1
Jake McCarthy
523.80
now 4
0
Runshigher is better
Byron Buxton
2054.40
now 40
7
Jake McCarthy
2054.40
now 20
4
RBIhigher is better
Byron Buxton
2035.80
now 27
5
Jake McCarthy
2035.80
now 25
5
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Byron Buxton
.00013.60
now 5
1
Jake McCarthy
.00013.60
now 10
2
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyByron Buxton — buy.conf 0.66
Sell HighJake McCarthy — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.72
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