MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Portrait of Carlos Cortes
Carlos Cortes
ATH · RF
Change to
Nathan Church
STL · CF
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Nathan Church.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Nathan Church wins 3 categories (R, RBI, SB); Carlos Cortes wins 1 (AVG); 1 even.

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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
Nathan Church
86.0
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Carlos Cortes
39.5%
Nathan Church
32.4%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Carlos Cortes
7.3%
Nathan Church
7.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Carlos Cortes
25.5%
Nathan Church
44.8%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Carlos Cortes
9.1%
Nathan Church
13.0%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Carlos Cortes
.330
Nathan Church
.280
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
Nathan Church
.200.370
lg AVG .295
now .260
.218

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Carlos Cortes
56.20
now 5
3
Nathan Church
56.20
now 5
3
Runshigher is better
Carlos Cortes
2021.20
now 14
12
Nathan Church
2021.20
now 18
16
RBIhigher is better
Carlos Cortes
2021.20
now 17
15
Nathan Church
2021.20
now 18
16
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Carlos Cortes
.0005.20
now 1
1
Nathan Church
.0005.20
now 4
4
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyCarlos Cortes — buy.conf 0.63
SellNathan Church — sell.conf 0.62
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