MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 29, 2026
Portrait of Carlos Cortes
Carlos Cortes
ATH · RF
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Portrait of Sal Frelick
Sal Frelick
MIL · RF
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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. Sal Frelick’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

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

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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
Sal Frelick
85.9
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Carlos Cortes
39.5%
Sal Frelick
27.8%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Carlos Cortes
7.3%
Sal Frelick
2.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Carlos Cortes
25.5%
Sal Frelick
23.8%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Carlos Cortes
9.1%
Sal Frelick
4.6%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Carlos Cortes
.330
Sal Frelick
.281
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
Sal Frelick
.200.370
lg AVG .295
now .219
.229

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Carlos Cortes
56.60
now 5
3
Sal Frelick
56.60
now 3
1
Runshigher is better
Carlos Cortes
2027.40
now 14
12
Sal Frelick
2027.40
now 23
17
RBIhigher is better
Carlos Cortes
2022.20
now 17
15
Sal Frelick
2022.20
now 19
14
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Carlos Cortes
.0005.20
now 1
1
Sal Frelick
.0005.20
now 4
3
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyCarlos Cortes — buy.conf 0.63
SellSal Frelick — sell.conf 0.62
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