MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Byron Buxton
Byron Buxton
MIN · 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); Byron Buxton wins 0 (none).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Byron Buxton
90.2
James Wood
95.3
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Byron Buxton
46.7%
James Wood
58.4%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Byron Buxton
15.8%
James Wood
20.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Byron Buxton
34.4%
James Wood
21.9%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Byron Buxton
16.5%
James Wood
11.5%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Byron Buxton
.343
James Wood
.416
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
.200.300
lg AVG .295
now .258
.210
James Wood
.200.300
lg AVG .295
now .272
.239

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Byron Buxton
523.40
now 17
1
James Wood
523.40
now 16
2
Runshigher is better
Byron Buxton
2071
now 40
8
James Wood
2071
now 53
9
RBIhigher is better
Byron Buxton
2052.60
now 27
5
James Wood
2052.60
now 39
6
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Byron Buxton
.00013.60
now 5
1
James Wood
.00013.60
now 10
2
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyByron Buxton — buy.conf 0.66
BuyJames Wood — buy.conf 0.80
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