MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 4, 2026
Portrait of Carlos Cortes
Carlos Cortes
ATH · RF
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Portrait of Edmundo Sosa
Edmundo Sosa
PHI · LF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Edmundo Sosa.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — runs, RBI, steals, and average. Carlos Cortes’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Edmundo Sosa wins 4 categories (R, RBI, SB, AVG); Carlos Cortes wins 0 (none); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Carlos Cortes
89.9
Edmundo Sosa
87.6
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Carlos Cortes
39.4%
Edmundo Sosa
41.3%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Carlos Cortes
7.2%
Edmundo Sosa
6.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Carlos Cortes
25.4%
Edmundo Sosa
54.2%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Carlos Cortes
9.4%
Edmundo Sosa
16.0%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Carlos Cortes
.325
Edmundo Sosa
.325
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
Carlos Cortes
.200.370
lg AVG .295
now .328
.249
Edmundo Sosa
.200.370
lg AVG .295
now .211
.251

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Carlos Cortes
56.20
now 5
2
Edmundo Sosa
56.20
now 3
2
Runshigher is better
Carlos Cortes
2017.20
now 14
11
Edmundo Sosa
2017.20
now 11
13
RBIhigher is better
Carlos Cortes
2021.20
now 17
13
Edmundo Sosa
2021.20
now 16
18
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Carlos Cortes
.0003.20
now 1
1
Edmundo Sosa
.0003.20
now 2
2
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans buyCarlos Cortes — hold.conf 0.60
Buy LowEdmundo Sosa — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.74
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