MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 9, 2026
Portrait of Chase DeLauter
Chase DeLauter
CLE · RF
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Portrait of Troy Johnston
Troy Johnston
COL · RF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Troy Johnston.

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

Troy Johnston wins 3 categories (R, SB, AVG); Chase DeLauter wins 2 (HR, RBI).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Chase DeLauter
90.5
Troy Johnston
89.4
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Chase DeLauter
42.9%
Troy Johnston
36.7%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Chase DeLauter
5.4%
Troy Johnston
2.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Chase DeLauter
20.6%
Troy Johnston
34.5%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Chase DeLauter
7.0%
Troy Johnston
11.5%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Chase DeLauter
.336
Troy Johnston
.330
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
.250.330
lg AVG .295
now .268
.265
Troy Johnston
.250.330
lg AVG .295
now .312
.283

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Chase DeLauter
59
now 7
4
Troy Johnston
59
now 2
3
Runshigher is better
Chase DeLauter
2026.20
now 22
21
Troy Johnston
2026.20
now 23
23
RBIhigher is better
Chase DeLauter
21.8035.20
now 32
31
Troy Johnston
21.8035.20
now 25
25
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Chase DeLauter
.8004.20
now 2
2
Troy Johnston
.8004.20
now 3
3
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyChase DeLauter — buy.conf 0.64
BuyTroy Johnston — buy.conf 0.63
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