MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 4, 2026
Portrait of Ceddanne Rafaela
Ceddanne Rafaela
BOS · CF
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Portrait of JJ Bleday
JJ Bleday
CIN · LF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

JJ Bleday.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

JJ Bleday wins 3 categories (HR, R, RBI); Ceddanne Rafaela wins 2 (SB, AVG).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Ceddanne Rafaela
86.7
JJ Bleday
88.7
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Ceddanne Rafaela
33.6%
JJ Bleday
41.3%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Ceddanne Rafaela
5.8%
JJ Bleday
10.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Ceddanne Rafaela
42.2%
JJ Bleday
22.8%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Ceddanne Rafaela
13.6%
JJ Bleday
11.9%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Ceddanne Rafaela
.288
JJ Bleday
.366
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
Ceddanne Rafaela
.200.340
lg AVG .295
now .275
.250
JJ Bleday
.200.340
lg AVG .295
now .301
.201

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Ceddanne Rafaela
513.20
now 5
2
JJ Bleday
513.20
now 10
3
Runshigher is better
Ceddanne Rafaela
2026.20
now 23
15
JJ Bleday
2026.20
now 19
18
RBIhigher is better
Ceddanne Rafaela
2031.80
now 23
15
JJ Bleday
2031.80
now 27
26
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Ceddanne Rafaela
.0008
now 6
4
JJ Bleday
.0008
now 1
1
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighCeddanne Rafaela — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.80
BuyJJ Bleday — buy.conf 0.70
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