MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 16, 2026
Portrait of Carlos Cortes
Carlos Cortes
ATH · RF
Change to
Roman Anthony
BOS · LF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Roman Anthony.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Roman Anthony wins 3 categories (HR, R, SB); Carlos Cortes wins 2 (RBI, AVG).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Carlos Cortes
89.8
Roman Anthony
92.3
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Carlos Cortes
40.8%
Roman Anthony
47.4%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Carlos Cortes
8.0%
Roman Anthony
9.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Carlos Cortes
24.9%
Roman Anthony
21.6%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Carlos Cortes
8.9%
Roman Anthony
10.4%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Carlos Cortes
.340
Roman Anthony
.352
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
.265
Roman Anthony
.200.370
lg AVG .295
now .229
.259

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Carlos Cortes
56.60
now 5
4
Roman Anthony
56.60
now 1
5
Runshigher is better
Carlos Cortes
2020.20
now 14
15
Roman Anthony
2020.20
now 12
17
RBIhigher is better
Carlos Cortes
2024.60
now 17
19
Roman Anthony
2024.60
now 5
7
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Carlos Cortes
.0004.20
now 1
1
Roman Anthony
.0004.20
now 2
3
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyCarlos Cortes — buy.conf 0.65
Hold · wait & seeRoman Anthony — hold.conf 0.50
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