MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 27, 2026
Portrait of Cole Young
Cole Young
SEA · 2B
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Portrait of Richie Palacios
Richie Palacios
TB · 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 — home runs, RBI, and average.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Cole Young
88.4
Richie Palacios
85.8
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Cole Young
38.1%
Richie Palacios
25.9%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Cole Young
5.2%
Richie Palacios
4.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Cole Young
31.5%
Richie Palacios
31.3%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Cole Young
9.5%
Richie Palacios
10.0%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Cole Young
.330
Richie Palacios
.307
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
.249
Richie Palacios
.220.260
lg AVG .295
now .248
.229

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Cole Young
55.20
now 4
2
Richie Palacios
55.20
now 1
1
Runshigher is better
Cole Young
2029.20
now 26
18
Richie Palacios
2029.20
now 18
19
RBIhigher is better
Cole Young
2035.20
now 30
20
Richie Palacios
2035.20
now 17
18
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Cole Young
.0009.40
now 2
1
Richie Palacios
.0009.40
now 7
7
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans buyCole Young — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · leans sellRichie Palacios — hold.conf 0.60
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