MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Christian Yelich
Christian Yelich
MIL · DH
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Portrait of Yordan Alvarez
Yordan Alvarez
HOU · DH
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Yordan Alvarez.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Yordan Alvarez wins 3 categories (HR, RBI, AVG); Christian Yelich wins 1 (SB); 1 even.

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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
Yordan Alvarez
94.7
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Christian Yelich
42.3%
Yordan Alvarez
53.4%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Christian Yelich
7.1%
Yordan Alvarez
18.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Christian Yelich
23.0%
Yordan Alvarez
27.1%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Christian Yelich
13.9%
Yordan Alvarez
8.3%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Christian Yelich
.296
Yordan Alvarez
.476
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
.200.340
lg AVG .295
now .275
.212
Yordan Alvarez
.200.340
lg AVG .295
now .301
.296

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Christian Yelich
526.40
now 4
4
Yordan Alvarez
526.40
now 20
9
Runshigher is better
Christian Yelich
2046.20
now 21
29
Yordan Alvarez
2046.20
now 39
29
RBIhigher is better
Christian Yelich
2047.40
now 18
25
Yordan Alvarez
2047.40
now 39
29
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Christian Yelich
.0005.20
now 3
4
Yordan Alvarez
.0005.20
now 1
1
If you already own them — trade angle
SellChristian Yelich — sell.conf 0.59
BuyYordan Alvarez — buy.conf 0.92
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