MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 4, 2026
Portrait of Chase DeLauter
Chase DeLauter
CLE · RF
Change to
Nathan Church
STL · CF
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22, 1 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Chase DeLauter wins 2 (RBI, AVG); Nathan Church wins 2 (R, SB); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Chase DeLauter
91.2
Nathan Church
86.1
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Chase DeLauter
45.4%
Nathan Church
32.3%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Chase DeLauter
6.6%
Nathan Church
7.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Chase DeLauter
20.9%
Nathan Church
45.5%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Chase DeLauter
6.7%
Nathan Church
13.4%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Chase DeLauter
.344
Nathan Church
.284
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
Chase DeLauter
.200.290
lg AVG .295
now .268
.266
Nathan Church
.200.290
lg AVG .295
now .260
.222

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Chase DeLauter
59
now 7
2
Nathan Church
59
now 5
2
Runshigher is better
Chase DeLauter
2025.60
now 22
13
Nathan Church
2025.60
now 18
14
RBIhigher is better
Chase DeLauter
2039.20
now 32
19
Nathan Church
2039.20
now 18
14
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Chase DeLauter
.0005.20
now 2
1
Nathan Church
.0005.20
now 4
3
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyChase DeLauter — buy.conf 0.66
SellNathan Church — sell.conf 0.61
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