MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 21, 2026
Portrait of Cole Young
Cole Young
SEA · 2B
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Portrait of Vaughn Grissom
Vaughn Grissom
LAA · 2B
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22, 1 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Cole Young wins 2 (R, SB); Vaughn Grissom wins 2 (RBI, AVG); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Cole Young
88.5
Vaughn Grissom
89.3
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Cole Young
39.4%
Vaughn Grissom
42.3%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Cole Young
5.5%
Vaughn Grissom
6.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Cole Young
31.1%
Vaughn Grissom
27.2%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Cole Young
9.7%
Vaughn Grissom
9.5%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Cole Young
.334
Vaughn Grissom
.341
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
.230.280
lg AVG .295
now .250
.254
Vaughn Grissom
.230.280
lg AVG .295
now .238
.263

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Cole Young
55.20
now 4
3
Vaughn Grissom
55.20
now 3
3
Runshigher is better
Cole Young
2031.60
now 26
20
Vaughn Grissom
2031.60
now 12
14
RBIhigher is better
Cole Young
2033.20
now 30
23
Vaughn Grissom
2033.20
now 24
27
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Cole Young
.0003.20
now 2
2
Vaughn Grissom
.0003.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans buyCole Young — hold.conf 0.60
BuyVaughn Grissom — buy.conf 0.65
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