MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 6, 2026
Portrait of Colby Thomas
Colby Thomas
ATH · RF
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Portrait of Victor Mesa Jr.
Victor Mesa Jr.
TB · RF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Victor Mesa Jr..

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — runs, RBI, and average. Colby Thomas’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Victor Mesa Jr. wins 3 categories (R, RBI, AVG); Colby Thomas wins 1 (HR); 1 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Colby Thomas
90.5
Victor Mesa Jr.
88.2
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Colby Thomas
37.5%
Victor Mesa Jr.
38.2%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Colby Thomas
10.9%
Victor Mesa Jr.
9.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Colby Thomas
42.1%
Victor Mesa Jr.
31.1%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Colby Thomas
18.6%
Victor Mesa Jr.
12.8%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Colby Thomas
.274
Victor Mesa Jr.
.315
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
.200.290
lg AVG .295
now .268
.204
Victor Mesa Jr.
.200.290
lg AVG .295
now .211
.206

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Colby Thomas
58
now 1
6
Victor Mesa Jr.
58
now 1
4
Runshigher is better
Colby Thomas
2029.60
now 5
17
Victor Mesa Jr.
2029.60
now 3
22
RBIhigher is better
Colby Thomas
2029.60
now 5
17
Victor Mesa Jr.
2029.60
now 3
22
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Colby Thomas
.0001.20
now 0
0
Victor Mesa Jr.
.0001.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeColby Thomas — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeVictor Mesa Jr. — hold.conf 0.50
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