MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Cole Young
Cole Young
SEA · 2B
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Portrait of Nico Hoerner
Nico Hoerner
CHC · 2B
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Nico Hoerner.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

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

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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
Nico Hoerner
85.9
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Cole Young
39.3%
Nico Hoerner
27.7%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Cole Young
4.9%
Nico Hoerner
0.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Cole Young
30.7%
Nico Hoerner
30.3%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Cole Young
9.6%
Nico Hoerner
5.1%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Cole Young
.329
Nico Hoerner
.317
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
.251
Nico Hoerner
.240.270
lg AVG .295
now .252
.253

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Cole Young
55.20
now 4
3
Nico Hoerner
55.20
now 4
1
Runshigher is better
Cole Young
2029.20
now 26
20
Nico Hoerner
2029.20
now 24
18
RBIhigher is better
Cole Young
2037
now 30
23
Nico Hoerner
2037
now 33
24
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Cole Young
.00014.60
now 2
2
Nico Hoerner
.00014.60
now 11
8
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans buyCole Young — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · steadyNico Hoerner — hold.conf 0.60
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