MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Christian Yelich
Christian Yelich
MIL · DH
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Portrait of Jonathan Aranda
Jonathan Aranda
TB · 1B
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22, 1 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Christian Yelich wins 2 (R, SB); Jonathan Aranda wins 2 (RBI, AVG); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Christian Yelich
89.2
Jonathan Aranda
91.2
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Christian Yelich
43.5%
Jonathan Aranda
45.7%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Christian Yelich
9.9%
Jonathan Aranda
9.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Christian Yelich
24.4%
Jonathan Aranda
28.7%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Christian Yelich
13.2%
Jonathan Aranda
10.4%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Christian Yelich
.316
Jonathan Aranda
.349
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
05

The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · batting average
AVGhigher is better
Christian Yelich
.200.310
lg AVG .295
now .275
.220
Jonathan Aranda
.200.310
lg AVG .295
now .283
.242

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Christian Yelich
515
now 4
1
Jonathan Aranda
515
now 11
1
Runshigher is better
Christian Yelich
2045.20
now 21
7
Jonathan Aranda
2045.20
now 34
6
RBIhigher is better
Christian Yelich
2057.80
now 18
6
Jonathan Aranda
2057.80
now 43
8
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Christian Yelich
.0004.20
now 3
1
Jonathan Aranda
.0004.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyChristian Yelich — hold.conf 0.60
BuyJonathan Aranda — buy.conf 0.67
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