MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 29, 2026
Portrait of Carlos Cortes
Carlos Cortes
ATH · RF
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Portrait of Justin Crawford
Justin Crawford
PHI · CF
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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, runs, RBI, and average.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Carlos Cortes wins 4 categories (HR, R, RBI, AVG); Justin Crawford wins 1 (SB).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Carlos Cortes
90.0
Justin Crawford
86.6
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Carlos Cortes
39.5%
Justin Crawford
32.6%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Carlos Cortes
7.3%
Justin Crawford
0.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Carlos Cortes
25.5%
Justin Crawford
39.1%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Carlos Cortes
9.1%
Justin Crawford
10.1%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Carlos Cortes
.330
Justin Crawford
.275
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
.255
Justin Crawford
.200.370
lg AVG .295
now .234
.246

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Carlos Cortes
56.60
now 5
3
Justin Crawford
56.60
now 2
1
Runshigher is better
Carlos Cortes
2017.20
now 14
12
Justin Crawford
2017.20
now 14
11
RBIhigher is better
Carlos Cortes
2020.20
now 17
15
Justin Crawford
2020.20
now 12
10
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Carlos Cortes
.0009.40
now 1
1
Justin Crawford
.0009.40
now 7
6
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyCarlos Cortes — buy.conf 0.63
SellJustin Crawford — sell.conf 0.63
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