MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Chase DeLauter
Chase DeLauter
CLE · RF
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Portrait of James Wood
James Wood
WSH · RF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

James Wood.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

James Wood wins 4 categories (HR, R, RBI, SB); Chase DeLauter wins 1 (AVG).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Chase DeLauter
90.9
James Wood
95.0
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Chase DeLauter
44.3%
James Wood
60.1%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Chase DeLauter
6.6%
James Wood
22.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Chase DeLauter
20.4%
James Wood
22.3%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Chase DeLauter
6.8%
James Wood
11.7%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Chase DeLauter
.345
James Wood
.433
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
Chase DeLauter
.240.280
lg AVG .295
now .268
.268
James Wood
.240.280
lg AVG .295
now .272
.256

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Chase DeLauter
521.20
now 7
3
James Wood
521.20
now 16
10
Runshigher is better
Chase DeLauter
2067
now 22
18
James Wood
2067
now 53
38
RBIhigher is better
Chase DeLauter
20.8044.20
now 32
26
James Wood
20.8044.20
now 39
28
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Chase DeLauter
.00013.20
now 2
2
James Wood
.00013.20
now 10
7
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyChase DeLauter — buy.conf 0.66
BuyJames Wood — buy.conf 0.84
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