MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 31, 2026
Portrait of Colby Thomas
Colby Thomas
ATH · RF
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Portrait of James Wood
James Wood
WSH · RF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

James Wood.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

James Wood wins 5 categories (HR, R, RBI, SB, AVG); Colby Thomas wins 0 (none).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Colby Thomas
89.1
James Wood
95.2
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Colby Thomas
34.2%
James Wood
58.5%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Colby Thomas
8.9%
James Wood
21.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Colby Thomas
42.9%
James Wood
22.3%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Colby Thomas
20.5%
James Wood
12.0%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Colby Thomas
.250
James Wood
.424
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
Colby Thomas
.200.300
lg AVG .295
now .268
.195
James Wood
.200.300
lg AVG .295
now .272
.250

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Colby Thomas
522
now 1
3
James Wood
522
now 16
7
Runshigher is better
Colby Thomas
2072.20
now 5
12
James Wood
2072.20
now 53
31
RBIhigher is better
Colby Thomas
2052.60
now 5
12
James Wood
2052.60
now 39
23
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Colby Thomas
.00014
now 0
0
James Wood
.00014
now 10
6
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeColby Thomas — hold.conf 0.50
BuyJames Wood — buy.conf 0.82
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