MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 1, 2026
Portrait of Cole Young
Cole Young
SEA · 2B
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Portrait of Matt McLain
Matt McLain
CIN · 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); Matt McLain 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
88.7
Matt McLain
88.6
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Cole Young
38.9%
Matt McLain
37.6%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Cole Young
5.2%
Matt McLain
9.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Cole Young
31.2%
Matt McLain
25.4%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Cole Young
9.3%
Matt McLain
11.8%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Cole Young
.333
Matt McLain
.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
Cole Young
.200.270
lg AVG .295
now .250
.251
Matt McLain
.200.270
lg AVG .295
now .198
.212

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Cole Young
56.20
now 4
2
Matt McLain
56.20
now 5
3
Runshigher is better
Cole Young
2030.80
now 26
16
Matt McLain
2030.80
now 22
14
RBIhigher is better
Cole Young
2036.40
now 30
19
Matt McLain
2036.40
now 21
14
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Cole Young
.0009.40
now 2
1
Matt McLain
.0009.40
now 7
5
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans buyCole Young — hold.conf 0.60
Buy LowMatt McLain — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.67
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