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

Sal Stewart.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

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

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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
Sal Stewart
90.6
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Christian Yelich
42.4%
Sal Stewart
40.9%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Christian Yelich
7.1%
Sal Stewart
14.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Christian Yelich
23.1%
Sal Stewart
28.5%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Christian Yelich
13.9%
Sal Stewart
12.8%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Christian Yelich
.299
Sal Stewart
.352
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
Sal Stewart
.200.300
lg AVG .295
now .261
.238

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Christian Yelich
515.20
now 4
4
Sal Stewart
515.20
now 12
6
Runshigher is better
Christian Yelich
2039.20
now 21
29
Sal Stewart
2039.20
now 34
25
RBIhigher is better
Christian Yelich
2044.60
now 18
24
Sal Stewart
2044.60
now 37
28
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Christian Yelich
.20012.80
now 3
4
Sal Stewart
.20012.80
now 10
7
If you already own them — trade angle
SellChristian Yelich — sell.conf 0.58
BuySal Stewart — buy.conf 0.67
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