MLB Daily DeltaWeek 13 · June 19, 2026
Portrait of Carlos Cortes
Carlos Cortes
ATH · RF
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Portrait of Jake Mangum
Jake Mangum
PIT · LF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Carlos Cortes.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

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

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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
Jake Mangum
83.1
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Carlos Cortes
40.4%
Jake Mangum
25.0%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Carlos Cortes
8.6%
Jake Mangum
0.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Carlos Cortes
23.6%
Jake Mangum
47.3%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Carlos Cortes
8.5%
Jake Mangum
10.7%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Carlos Cortes
.365
Jake Mangum
.282
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
.230.360
lg AVG .295
now .328
.286
Jake Mangum
.230.360
lg AVG .295
now .269
.256

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Carlos Cortes
510.80
now 5
8
Jake Mangum
510.80
now 1
2
Runshigher is better
Carlos Cortes
2037.80
now 14
23
Jake Mangum
2037.80
now 16
31
RBIhigher is better
Carlos Cortes
2034.20
now 17
27
Jake Mangum
2034.20
now 9
18
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Carlos Cortes
.00022
now 1
2
Jake Mangum
.00022
now 8
16
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyCarlos Cortes — buy.conf 0.70
SellJake Mangum — sell.conf 0.62
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