MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 23, 2026
Portrait of Cole Young
Cole Young
SEA · 2B
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Portrait of Travis Bazzana
Travis Bazzana
CLE · 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); Travis Bazzana wins 1 (SB); 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
88.4
Travis Bazzana
88.3
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Cole Young
38.7%
Travis Bazzana
36.4%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Cole Young
5.3%
Travis Bazzana
5.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Cole Young
31.0%
Travis Bazzana
26.0%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Cole Young
9.6%
Travis Bazzana
11.5%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Cole Young
.331
Travis Bazzana
.304
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
.200.320
lg AVG .295
now .250
.248
Travis Bazzana
.200.320
lg AVG .295
now .294
.219

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Cole Young
55.20
now 4
2
Travis Bazzana
55.20
now 3
2
Runshigher is better
Cole Young
2031.20
now 26
19
Travis Bazzana
2031.20
now 13
16
RBIhigher is better
Cole Young
2037.60
now 30
22
Travis Bazzana
2037.60
now 11
14
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Cole Young
.00013.60
now 2
1
Travis Bazzana
.00013.60
now 8
10
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans buyCole Young — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · leans sellTravis Bazzana — hold.conf 0.60
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