MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Carlos Cortes
Carlos Cortes
ATH · 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 steals.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

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

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Carlos Cortes
89.9
Jacob Young
88.7
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Carlos Cortes
40.7%
Jacob Young
36.1%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Carlos Cortes
7.9%
Jacob Young
6.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Carlos Cortes
25.1%
Jacob Young
26.6%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Carlos Cortes
9.0%
Jacob Young
9.1%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Carlos Cortes
.339
Jacob Young
.303
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
.264
Jacob Young
.200.370
lg AVG .295
now .233
.223

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Carlos Cortes
510.40
now 5
4
Jacob Young
510.40
now 8
2
Runshigher is better
Carlos Cortes
2030.80
now 14
15
Jacob Young
2030.80
now 26
22
RBIhigher is better
Carlos Cortes
2031
now 17
18
Jacob Young
2031
now 27
23
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Carlos Cortes
.0005.20
now 1
1
Jacob Young
.0005.20
now 4
3
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyCarlos Cortes — buy.conf 0.65
Hold · leans sellJacob Young — hold.conf 0.60
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