MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 11, 2026
Portrait of Carlos Cortes
Carlos Cortes
ATH · RF
Change to
Kerry Carpenter
DET · RF
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Kerry Carpenter.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Kerry Carpenter wins 2 categories (HR, RBI); Carlos Cortes wins 1 (AVG); 2 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Carlos Cortes
88.5
Kerry Carpenter
89.8
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Carlos Cortes
36.1%
Kerry Carpenter
44.0%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Carlos Cortes
6.3%
Kerry Carpenter
9.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Carlos Cortes
27.2%
Kerry Carpenter
36.3%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Carlos Cortes
10.1%
Kerry Carpenter
14.4%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Carlos Cortes
.305
Kerry Carpenter
.295
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
.200.390
lg AVG .295
now .328
.240
Kerry Carpenter
.200.390
lg AVG .295
now .239
.169

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Carlos Cortes
59.80
now 5
0
Kerry Carpenter
59.80
now 7
1
Runshigher is better
Carlos Cortes
2018.40
now 14
3
Kerry Carpenter
2018.40
now 12
3
RBIhigher is better
Carlos Cortes
2025
now 17
4
Kerry Carpenter
2025
now 19
5
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Carlos Cortes
.0002.20
now 1
0
Kerry Carpenter
.0002.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans sellCarlos Cortes — hold.conf 0.60
SellKerry Carpenter — sell.conf 0.59
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