MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 20, 2026
Portrait of Christian Yelich
Christian Yelich
MIL · DH
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Portrait of Josh Naylor
Josh Naylor
SEA · 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 — home runs, runs, and RBI. Josh Naylor’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 (HR, R, RBI); Josh Naylor wins 2 (SB, AVG).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Christian Yelich
89.1
Josh Naylor
87.6
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Christian Yelich
42.4%
Josh Naylor
37.3%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Christian Yelich
7.1%
Josh Naylor
4.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Christian Yelich
23.1%
Josh Naylor
36.8%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Christian Yelich
13.9%
Josh Naylor
9.7%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Christian Yelich
.299
Josh Naylor
.320
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
.214
Josh Naylor
.200.300
lg AVG .295
now .254
.253

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Christian Yelich
57.20
now 4
4
Josh Naylor
57.20
now 6
3
Runshigher is better
Christian Yelich
2034.20
now 21
29
Josh Naylor
2034.20
now 21
16
RBIhigher is better
Christian Yelich
2028.20
now 18
24
Josh Naylor
2028.20
now 25
19
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Christian Yelich
.00015.60
now 3
4
Josh Naylor
.00015.60
now 12
9
If you already own them — trade angle
SellChristian Yelich — sell.conf 0.58
Hold · steadyJosh Naylor — hold.conf 0.60
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