MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Cole Young
Cole Young
SEA · 2B
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Portrait of Marcus Semien
Marcus Semien
NYM · 2B
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Cole Young.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

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

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Cole Young
88.6
Marcus Semien
86.2
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Cole Young
39.3%
Marcus Semien
34.5%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Cole Young
4.9%
Marcus Semien
8.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Cole Young
30.7%
Marcus Semien
29.2%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Cole Young
9.6%
Marcus Semien
12.1%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Cole Young
.329
Marcus Semien
.316
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
.220.260
lg AVG .295
now .250
.251
Marcus Semien
.220.260
lg AVG .295
now .228
.234

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Cole Young
57.20
now 4
3
Marcus Semien
57.20
now 6
4
Runshigher is better
Cole Young
2029.20
now 26
20
Marcus Semien
2029.20
now 23
18
RBIhigher is better
Cole Young
2034.80
now 30
23
Marcus Semien
2034.80
now 23
18
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Cole Young
.8006.20
now 2
2
Marcus Semien
.8006.20
now 5
4
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans buyCole Young — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · steadyMarcus Semien — hold.conf 0.60
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