MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 20, 2026
Portrait of Christian Yelich
Christian Yelich
MIL · DH
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Portrait of Matt Olson
Matt Olson
ATL · 1B
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Matt Olson.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Matt Olson wins 4 categories (HR, R, RBI, AVG); Christian Yelich wins 1 (SB).

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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
Matt Olson
92.8
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Christian Yelich
42.4%
Matt Olson
51.6%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Christian Yelich
7.1%
Matt Olson
14.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Christian Yelich
23.1%
Matt Olson
27.2%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Christian Yelich
13.9%
Matt Olson
11.1%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Christian Yelich
.299
Matt Olson
.360
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
Matt Olson
.200.300
lg AVG .295
now .261
.232

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Christian Yelich
520.80
now 4
4
Matt Olson
520.80
now 16
7
Runshigher is better
Christian Yelich
2049
now 21
29
Matt Olson
2049
now 41
30
RBIhigher is better
Christian Yelich
2055.80
now 18
24
Matt Olson
2055.80
now 45
33
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Christian Yelich
.0005.20
now 3
4
Matt Olson
.0005.20
now 1
1
If you already own them — trade angle
SellChristian Yelich — sell.conf 0.58
BuyMatt Olson — buy.conf 0.69
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