MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Christian Yelich
Christian Yelich
MIL · DH
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Portrait of Freddie Freeman
Freddie Freeman
LAD · 1B
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Christian Yelich.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — runs, RBI, and steals. Freddie Freeman’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Christian Yelich wins 3 categories (R, RBI, SB); Freddie Freeman wins 2 (HR, AVG).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Christian Yelich
89.2
Freddie Freeman
90.5
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Christian Yelich
42.3%
Freddie Freeman
44.9%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Christian Yelich
7.1%
Freddie Freeman
10.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Christian Yelich
23.0%
Freddie Freeman
27.3%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Christian Yelich
13.9%
Freddie Freeman
10.7%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Christian Yelich
.296
Freddie Freeman
.380
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
Christian Yelich
.200.300
lg AVG .295
now .275
.212
Freddie Freeman
.200.300
lg AVG .295
now .266
.277

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Christian Yelich
59.60
now 4
4
Freddie Freeman
59.60
now 8
5
Runshigher is better
Christian Yelich
2032.20
now 21
29
Freddie Freeman
2032.20
now 29
23
RBIhigher is better
Christian Yelich
2034.80
now 18
25
Freddie Freeman
2034.80
now 30
23
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Christian Yelich
.8005.20
now 3
4
Freddie Freeman
.8005.20
now 2
2
If you already own them — trade angle
SellChristian Yelich — sell.conf 0.59
BuyFreddie Freeman — buy.conf 0.73
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