MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 5, 2026
Portrait of Cole Young
Cole Young
SEA · 2B
Change to
Portrait of Jackson Holliday
Jackson Holliday
BAL · 2B
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22, 1 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Cole Young wins 2 (RBI, AVG); Jackson Holliday wins 2 (R, SB); 1 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Cole Young
89.0
Jackson Holliday
87.7
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Cole Young
39.3%
Jackson Holliday
36.8%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Cole Young
5.3%
Jackson Holliday
7.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Cole Young
31.4%
Jackson Holliday
24.1%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Cole Young
9.3%
Jackson Holliday
13.2%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Cole Young
.335
Jackson Holliday
.322
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
Cole Young
.200.280
lg AVG .295
now .250
.256
Jackson Holliday
.200.280
lg AVG .295
now .242
.204

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Cole Young
55.20
now 4
2
Jackson Holliday
55.20
now 2
2
Runshigher is better
Cole Young
2033.60
now 26
15
Jackson Holliday
2033.60
now 7
18
RBIhigher is better
Cole Young
2039.60
now 30
17
Jackson Holliday
2039.60
now 6
16
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Cole Young
.00010.80
now 2
1
Jackson Holliday
.00010.80
now 3
8
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans buyCole Young — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · steadyJackson Holliday — hold.conf 0.60
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