MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 20, 2026
Portrait of Chandler Simpson
Chandler Simpson
TB · LF
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Portrait of Taylor Ward
Taylor Ward
BAL · LF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Taylor Ward.

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

Taylor Ward wins 3 categories (HR, R, RBI); Chandler Simpson 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
Chandler Simpson
84.1
Taylor Ward
89.4
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Chandler Simpson
14.3%
Taylor Ward
38.7%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Chandler Simpson
0.0%
Taylor Ward
5.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Chandler Simpson
30.7%
Taylor Ward
14.2%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Chandler Simpson
4.8%
Taylor Ward
6.6%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Chandler Simpson
.264
Taylor Ward
.347
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
.230.300
lg AVG .295
now .284
.263
Taylor Ward
.230.300
lg AVG .295
now .248
.251

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Chandler Simpson
55.60
now 0
0
Taylor Ward
55.60
now 2
4
Runshigher is better
Chandler Simpson
2040.80
now 30
24
Taylor Ward
2040.80
now 36
26
RBIhigher is better
Chandler Simpson
2020.20
now 12
9
Taylor Ward
2020.20
now 17
12
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Chandler Simpson
.00019.20
now 14
11
Taylor Ward
.00019.20
now 2
1
If you already own them — trade angle
SellChandler Simpson — sell.conf 0.65
BuyTaylor Ward — buy.conf 0.66
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