MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Portrait of Christian Yelich
Christian Yelich
MIL · DH
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Portrait of Munetaka Murakami
Munetaka Murakami
CWS · 1B
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Munetaka Murakami.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Munetaka Murakami wins 3 categories (HR, R, RBI); Christian Yelich 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
89.2
Munetaka Murakami
94.1
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Christian Yelich
42.4%
Munetaka Murakami
59.2%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Christian Yelich
9.4%
Munetaka Murakami
20.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Christian Yelich
23.0%
Munetaka Murakami
22.0%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Christian Yelich
13.5%
Munetaka Murakami
17.7%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Christian Yelich
.307
Munetaka Murakami
.376
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
.200.320
lg AVG .295
now .275
.215
Munetaka Murakami
.200.320
lg AVG .295
now .240
.175

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Christian Yelich
526.80
now 4
3
Munetaka Murakami
526.80
now 20
5
Runshigher is better
Christian Yelich
2051.80
now 21
25
Munetaka Murakami
2051.80
now 43
29
RBIhigher is better
Christian Yelich
2050.20
now 18
21
Munetaka Murakami
2050.20
now 41
27
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Christian Yelich
.0005.20
now 3
4
Munetaka Murakami
.0005.20
now 1
1
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans sellChristian Yelich — hold.conf 0.60
BuyMunetaka Murakami — buy.conf 0.72
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