MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 22, 2026
Portrait of Cam Smith
Cam Smith
HOU · RF
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Portrait of Jacob Young
Jacob Young
WSH · CF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Jacob Young.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Jacob Young wins 3 categories (R, RBI, AVG); Cam Smith wins 2 (HR, SB).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Cam Smith
89.4
Jacob Young
88.7
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Cam Smith
44.4%
Jacob Young
35.8%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Cam Smith
11.7%
Jacob Young
7.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Cam Smith
29.1%
Jacob Young
26.5%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Cam Smith
13.5%
Jacob Young
9.2%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Cam Smith
.334
Jacob Young
.310
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
Cam Smith
.210.250
lg AVG .295
now .218
.222
Jacob Young
.210.250
lg AVG .295
now .233
.229

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Cam Smith
510.40
now 6
4
Jacob Young
510.40
now 8
2
Runshigher is better
Cam Smith
2029.20
now 26
20
Jacob Young
2029.20
now 26
22
RBIhigher is better
Cam Smith
2031.40
now 21
16
Jacob Young
2031.40
now 27
22
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Cam Smith
1.408.60
now 7
5
Jacob Young
1.408.60
now 4
3
If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowCam Smith — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.70
Hold · steadyJacob Young — hold.conf 0.60
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