MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 6, 2026
Portrait of Carson Kelly
Carson Kelly
CHC · C
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Portrait of Gary Sánchez
Gary Sánchez
MIL · C
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Gary Sánchez.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Gary Sánchez wins 3 categories (HR, R, RBI); Carson Kelly 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
Carson Kelly
87.6
Gary Sánchez
88.5
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Carson Kelly
37.3%
Gary Sánchez
35.8%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Carson Kelly
6.1%
Gary Sánchez
8.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Carson Kelly
25.4%
Gary Sánchez
19.5%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Carson Kelly
8.8%
Gary Sánchez
8.8%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Carson Kelly
.320
Gary Sánchez
.360
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
Carson Kelly
.200.330
lg AVG .295
now .289
.241
Gary Sánchez
.200.330
lg AVG .295
now .191
.197

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Carson Kelly
56.20
now 2
2
Gary Sánchez
56.20
now 5
3
Runshigher is better
Carson Kelly
2021.20
now 18
14
Gary Sánchez
2021.20
now 15
15
RBIhigher is better
Carson Kelly
2020.20
now 17
13
Gary Sánchez
2020.20
now 15
15
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Carson Kelly
.0001.20
now 0
0
Gary Sánchez
.0001.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyCarson Kelly — hold.conf 0.60
BuyGary Sánchez — buy.conf 0.69
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