MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 7, 2026
Portrait of Carlos Cortes
Carlos Cortes
ATH · RF
Change to
Portrait of Myles Straw
Myles Straw
TOR · RF
Change to
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); Myles Straw wins 2 (R, SB).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Carlos Cortes
89.9
Myles Straw
86.4
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Carlos Cortes
39.2%
Myles Straw
25.9%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Carlos Cortes
7.2%
Myles Straw
3.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Carlos Cortes
25.3%
Myles Straw
21.2%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Carlos Cortes
9.5%
Myles Straw
4.5%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Carlos Cortes
.324
Myles Straw
.302
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
.200.360
lg AVG .295
now .328
.248
Myles Straw
.200.360
lg AVG .295
now .241
.239

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Carlos Cortes
56.60
now 5
2
Myles Straw
56.60
now 2
1
Runshigher is better
Carlos Cortes
2021.20
now 14
10
Myles Straw
2021.20
now 18
18
RBIhigher is better
Carlos Cortes
2021.40
now 17
13
Myles Straw
2021.40
now 6
6
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Carlos Cortes
.0003.20
now 1
1
Myles Straw
.0003.20
now 2
2
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans buyCarlos Cortes — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · leans sellMyles Straw — hold.conf 0.60
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