MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 23, 2026
Portrait of Chase Meidroth
Chase Meidroth
CWS · 2B
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Portrait of Ketel Marte
Ketel Marte
AZ · 2B
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Ketel Marte.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — home runs, RBI, and average. Chase Meidroth’s box score looks better right now, but it’s built on luck that won’t hold.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Ketel Marte wins 3 categories (HR, RBI, AVG); Chase Meidroth wins 2 (R, SB).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Chase Meidroth
87.8
Ketel Marte
91.1
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Chase Meidroth
34.7%
Ketel Marte
44.7%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Chase Meidroth
4.1%
Ketel Marte
10.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Chase Meidroth
27.5%
Ketel Marte
31.8%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Chase Meidroth
7.9%
Ketel Marte
10.0%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Chase Meidroth
.285
Ketel Marte
.362
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 Meidroth
.210.280
lg AVG .295
now .269
.230
Ketel Marte
.210.280
lg AVG .295
now .262
.262

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Chase Meidroth
513.60
now 5
1
Ketel Marte
513.60
now 10
5
Runshigher is better
Chase Meidroth
2240
now 36
27
Ketel Marte
2240
now 35
26
RBIhigher is better
Chase Meidroth
2043.80
now 18
13
Ketel Marte
2043.80
now 35
26
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Chase Meidroth
.0002.20
now 1
1
Ketel Marte
.0002.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighChase Meidroth — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.74
Buy LowKetel Marte — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.66
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