MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 4, 2026
Portrait of Cole Young
Cole Young
SEA · 2B
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Portrait of JJ Wetherholt
JJ Wetherholt
STL · 2B
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

JJ Wetherholt.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

JJ Wetherholt wins 3 categories (HR, R, SB); Cole Young wins 2 (RBI, AVG).

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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
JJ Wetherholt
89.9
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Cole Young
39.3%
JJ Wetherholt
44.2%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Cole Young
5.3%
JJ Wetherholt
7.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Cole Young
31.4%
JJ Wetherholt
22.2%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Cole Young
9.3%
JJ Wetherholt
8.9%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Cole Young
.335
JJ Wetherholt
.348
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
.220.270
lg AVG .295
now .250
.256
JJ Wetherholt
.220.270
lg AVG .295
now .245
.231

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Cole Young
511.80
now 4
2
JJ Wetherholt
511.80
now 9
3
Runshigher is better
Cole Young
2048.60
now 26
15
JJ Wetherholt
2048.60
now 39
22
RBIhigher is better
Cole Young
2036.40
now 30
17
JJ Wetherholt
2036.40
now 25
14
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Cole Young
.0009.40
now 2
1
JJ Wetherholt
.0009.40
now 7
4
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans buyCole Young — hold.conf 0.60
BuyJJ Wetherholt — buy.conf 0.67
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