MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 23, 2026
Portrait of Cole Young
Cole Young
SEA · 2B
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Portrait of Ketel Marte
Ketel Marte
AZ · 2B
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Ketel Marte.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Ketel Marte wins 4 categories (HR, R, RBI, AVG); Cole Young wins 1 (SB).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Cole Young
88.4
Ketel Marte
91.1
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Cole Young
38.7%
Ketel Marte
44.7%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Cole Young
5.3%
Ketel Marte
10.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Cole Young
31.0%
Ketel Marte
31.8%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Cole Young
9.6%
Ketel Marte
10.0%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Cole Young
.331
Ketel Marte
.362
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
.240.270
lg AVG .295
now .250
.248
Ketel Marte
.240.270
lg AVG .295
now .262
.262

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Cole Young
513.20
now 4
2
Ketel Marte
513.20
now 10
5
Runshigher is better
Cole Young
2041.40
now 26
19
Ketel Marte
2041.40
now 35
26
RBIhigher is better
Cole Young
2040.20
now 30
22
Ketel Marte
2040.20
now 35
26
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Cole Young
.0003.20
now 2
1
Ketel Marte
.0003.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans buyCole Young — hold.conf 0.60
Buy LowKetel Marte — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.66
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