MLB Daily DeltaWeek 13 · June 22, 2026
Portrait of Carlos Cortes
Carlos Cortes
ATH · RF
Change to
Wyatt Langford
TEX · LF
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Wyatt Langford.

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

Wyatt Langford 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
89.7
Wyatt Langford
88.8
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Carlos Cortes
40.1%
Wyatt Langford
35.6%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Carlos Cortes
8.2%
Wyatt Langford
6.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Carlos Cortes
23.6%
Wyatt Langford
28.5%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Carlos Cortes
8.6%
Wyatt Langford
11.3%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Carlos Cortes
.357
Wyatt Langford
.296
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
.278
Wyatt Langford
.200.360
lg AVG .295
now .238
.255

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Carlos Cortes
510.80
now 5
7
Wyatt Langford
510.80
now 1
8
Runshigher is better
Carlos Cortes
2032.40
now 14
22
Wyatt Langford
2032.40
now 10
26
RBIhigher is better
Carlos Cortes
2034.80
now 17
26
Wyatt Langford
2034.80
now 4
11
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Carlos Cortes
.00010.80
now 1
2
Wyatt Langford
.00010.80
now 3
8
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyCarlos Cortes — buy.conf 0.68
Hold · wait & seeWyatt Langford — hold.conf 0.50
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