MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Cole Young
Cole Young
SEA · 2B
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Portrait of Ozzie Albies
Ozzie Albies
ATL · 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 — RBI, steals, and average. Ozzie Albies’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Cole Young wins 3 categories (RBI, SB, AVG); Ozzie Albies wins 1 (R); 1 even.

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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
Ozzie Albies
87.1
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Cole Young
39.3%
Ozzie Albies
27.7%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Cole Young
4.9%
Ozzie Albies
4.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Cole Young
30.7%
Ozzie Albies
36.5%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Cole Young
9.6%
Ozzie Albies
11.4%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Cole Young
.329
Ozzie Albies
.292
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
.220.290
lg AVG .295
now .250
.251
Ozzie Albies
.220.290
lg AVG .295
now .274
.232

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Cole Young
511.40
now 4
3
Ozzie Albies
511.40
now 9
3
Runshigher is better
Cole Young
2045.20
now 26
20
Ozzie Albies
2045.20
now 38
29
RBIhigher is better
Cole Young
2033.20
now 30
23
Ozzie Albies
2033.20
now 29
22
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Cole Young
.0003.20
now 2
2
Ozzie Albies
.0003.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans buyCole Young — hold.conf 0.60
SellOzzie Albies — sell.conf 0.60
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