MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 3, 2026
Portrait of Chandler Simpson
Chandler Simpson
TB · LF
Change to
Portrait of JJ Bleday
JJ Bleday
CIN · LF
Change to
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); Chandler Simpson wins 2 (SB, AVG).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Chandler Simpson
83.8
JJ Bleday
88.7
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Chandler Simpson
14.0%
JJ Bleday
41.4%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Chandler Simpson
0.0%
JJ Bleday
10.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Chandler Simpson
31.2%
JJ Bleday
22.8%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Chandler Simpson
5.0%
JJ Bleday
12.1%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Chandler Simpson
.264
JJ Bleday
.364
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
Chandler Simpson
.200.340
lg AVG .295
now .284
.267
JJ Bleday
.200.340
lg AVG .295
now .301
.200

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Chandler Simpson
514
now 0
0
JJ Bleday
514
now 10
3
Runshigher is better
Chandler Simpson
2034.80
now 30
18
JJ Bleday
2034.80
now 19
19
RBIhigher is better
Chandler Simpson
2035
now 12
7
JJ Bleday
2035
now 27
27
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Chandler Simpson
.00019.20
now 14
9
JJ Bleday
.00019.20
now 1
1
If you already own them — trade angle
SellChandler Simpson — sell.conf 0.65
BuyJJ Bleday — buy.conf 0.70
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