MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 21, 2026
Portrait of Carlos Cortes
Carlos Cortes
ATH · RF
Change to
Luis Robert Jr.
NYM · CF
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22, 1 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Carlos Cortes wins 2 (RBI, AVG); Luis Robert Jr. wins 2 (R, SB); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Carlos Cortes
90.0
Luis Robert Jr.
90.2
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Carlos Cortes
40.9%
Luis Robert Jr.
42.6%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Carlos Cortes
7.7%
Luis Robert Jr.
2.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Carlos Cortes
25.3%
Luis Robert Jr.
32.1%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Carlos Cortes
9.1%
Luis Robert Jr.
11.9%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Carlos Cortes
.340
Luis Robert Jr.
.323
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
05

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
.263
Luis Robert Jr.
.200.370
lg AVG .295
now .224
.236

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Carlos Cortes
56.20
now 5
4
Luis Robert Jr.
56.20
now 2
4
Runshigher is better
Carlos Cortes
2019.20
now 14
14
Luis Robert Jr.
2019.20
now 10
16
RBIhigher is better
Carlos Cortes
2020.60
now 17
17
Luis Robert Jr.
2020.60
now 8
13
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Carlos Cortes
.0004.20
now 1
1
Luis Robert Jr.
.0004.20
now 2
3
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyCarlos Cortes — buy.conf 0.65
Hold · wait & seeLuis Robert Jr. — hold.conf 0.50
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