MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 6, 2026
Portrait of Cedric Mullins
Cedric Mullins
TB · CF
Change to
Matt Shaw
CHC · RF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Matt Shaw.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Matt Shaw wins 3 categories (HR, RBI, AVG); Cedric Mullins 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
Cedric Mullins
88.0
Matt Shaw
86.8
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Cedric Mullins
31.1%
Matt Shaw
36.2%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Cedric Mullins
3.9%
Matt Shaw
4.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Cedric Mullins
31.5%
Matt Shaw
35.6%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Cedric Mullins
11.9%
Matt Shaw
9.3%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Cedric Mullins
.251
Matt Shaw
.301
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
Cedric Mullins
.200.260
lg AVG .295
now .184
.193
Matt Shaw
.200.260
lg AVG .295
now .240
.227

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Cedric Mullins
54.20
now 3
1
Matt Shaw
54.20
now 3
2
Runshigher is better
Cedric Mullins
2022.60
now 19
13
Matt Shaw
2022.60
now 10
10
RBIhigher is better
Cedric Mullins
2019.20
now 16
11
Matt Shaw
2019.20
now 12
12
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Cedric Mullins
.20012.80
now 10
7
Matt Shaw
.20012.80
now 3
3
If you already own them — trade angle
SellCedric Mullins — sell.conf 0.68
Hold · wait & seeMatt Shaw — hold.conf 0.50
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