MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Chandler Simpson
Chandler Simpson
TB · LF
Change to
Portrait of Ryan Waldschmidt
Ryan Waldschmidt
AZ · CF
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Chandler Simpson.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Chandler Simpson wins 3 categories (R, SB, AVG); Ryan Waldschmidt wins 2 (HR, RBI).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Chandler Simpson
84.0
Ryan Waldschmidt
86.9
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Chandler Simpson
14.4%
Ryan Waldschmidt
35.1%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Chandler Simpson
0.0%
Ryan Waldschmidt
8.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Chandler Simpson
31.0%
Ryan Waldschmidt
24.7%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Chandler Simpson
4.8%
Ryan Waldschmidt
15.6%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Chandler Simpson
.266
Ryan Waldschmidt
.282
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
05

The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · batting average
AVGhigher is better
Chandler Simpson
.220.300
lg AVG .295
now .284
.262
Ryan Waldschmidt
.220.300
lg AVG .295
now .284
.237

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Chandler Simpson
54.20
now 0
0
Ryan Waldschmidt
54.20
now 0
3
Runshigher is better
Chandler Simpson
2038
now 30
24
Ryan Waldschmidt
2038
now 10
18
RBIhigher is better
Chandler Simpson
2016.20
now 12
10
Ryan Waldschmidt
2016.20
now 7
13
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Chandler Simpson
1.4017.60
now 14
11
Ryan Waldschmidt
1.4017.60
now 5
9
If you already own them — trade angle
SellChandler Simpson — sell.conf 0.65
Hold · wait & seeRyan Waldschmidt — hold.conf 0.50
Tweet