MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 4, 2026
Portrait of Carlos Cortes
Carlos Cortes
ATH · RF
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Portrait of Colton Cowser
Colton Cowser
BAL · CF
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Colton Cowser.

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

Colton Cowser wins 3 categories (HR, R, RBI); Carlos Cortes wins 1 (AVG); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Carlos Cortes
89.9
Colton Cowser
86.8
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Carlos Cortes
39.4%
Colton Cowser
36.2%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Carlos Cortes
7.2%
Colton Cowser
10.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Carlos Cortes
25.4%
Colton Cowser
28.3%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Carlos Cortes
9.4%
Colton Cowser
14.5%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Carlos Cortes
.325
Colton Cowser
.316
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
05

The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · batting average
AVGhigher is better
Carlos Cortes
.200.380
lg AVG .295
now .328
.249
Colton Cowser
.200.380
lg AVG .295
now .227
.192

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Carlos Cortes
56.20
now 5
2
Colton Cowser
56.20
now 4
3
Runshigher is better
Carlos Cortes
2020.20
now 14
11
Colton Cowser
2020.20
now 17
15
RBIhigher is better
Carlos Cortes
2021.20
now 17
13
Colton Cowser
2021.20
now 18
16
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Carlos Cortes
.0002.20
now 1
1
Colton Cowser
.0002.20
now 1
1
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans buyCarlos Cortes — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · steadyColton Cowser — hold.conf 0.60
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