MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 30, 2026
Portrait of Chase Meidroth
Chase Meidroth
CWS · 2B
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Portrait of Matt McLain
Matt McLain
CIN · 2B
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Matt McLain.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

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

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Chase Meidroth
88.1
Matt McLain
88.8
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Chase Meidroth
35.3%
Matt McLain
38.0%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Chase Meidroth
4.5%
Matt McLain
9.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Chase Meidroth
28.0%
Matt McLain
25.3%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Chase Meidroth
8.0%
Matt McLain
11.7%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Chase Meidroth
.290
Matt McLain
.317
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
.200.300
lg AVG .295
now .269
.234
Matt McLain
.200.300
lg AVG .295
now .198
.211

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Chase Meidroth
56.60
now 5
1
Matt McLain
56.60
now 5
3
Runshigher is better
Chase Meidroth
2044.40
now 36
23
Matt McLain
2044.40
now 22
15
RBIhigher is better
Chase Meidroth
2024.60
now 18
12
Matt McLain
2024.60
now 21
14
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Chase Meidroth
.0009.40
now 1
1
Matt McLain
.0009.40
now 7
5
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighChase Meidroth — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.75
Buy LowMatt McLain — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.67
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