MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Christian Yelich
Christian Yelich
MIL · DH
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Portrait of Iván Herrera
Iván Herrera
STL · DH
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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. Iván Herrera’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); Iván Herrera wins 1 (AVG); 1 even.

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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
Iván Herrera
89.2
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Christian Yelich
42.3%
Iván Herrera
39.6%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Christian Yelich
7.1%
Iván Herrera
5.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Christian Yelich
23.0%
Iván Herrera
27.2%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Christian Yelich
13.9%
Iván Herrera
8.9%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Christian Yelich
.296
Iván Herrera
.343
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
Iván Herrera
.200.300
lg AVG .295
now .260
.233

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Christian Yelich
58.20
now 4
4
Iván Herrera
58.20
now 7
4
Runshigher is better
Christian Yelich
2040.60
now 21
29
Iván Herrera
2040.60
now 35
26
RBIhigher is better
Christian Yelich
2030.60
now 18
25
Iván Herrera
2030.60
now 27
20
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Christian Yelich
.8005.20
now 3
4
Iván Herrera
.8005.20
now 2
2
If you already own them — trade angle
SellChristian Yelich — sell.conf 0.59
BuyIván Herrera — buy.conf 0.66
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