MLB Daily DeltaWeek 13 · June 20, 2026
Portrait of Cole Young
Cole Young
SEA · 2B
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Portrait of Willi Castro
Willi Castro
COL · 2B
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Willi Castro.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — home runs, runs, and steals. Cole Young’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

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

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Cole Young
88.1
Willi Castro
88.6
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Cole Young
38.4%
Willi Castro
42.7%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Cole Young
5.4%
Willi Castro
5.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Cole Young
31.3%
Willi Castro
36.7%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Cole Young
10.2%
Willi Castro
15.6%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Cole Young
.330
Willi Castro
.302
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
.220.270
lg AVG .295
now .250
.261
Willi Castro
.220.270
lg AVG .295
now .262
.237

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Cole Young
57.60
now 4
5
Willi Castro
57.60
now 2
6
Runshigher is better
Cole Young
2039.40
now 26
32
Willi Castro
2039.40
now 24
35
RBIhigher is better
Cole Young
2042.80
now 30
36
Willi Castro
2042.80
now 19
27
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Cole Young
.4007.60
now 2
2
Willi Castro
.4007.60
now 4
6
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans buyCole Young — hold.conf 0.60
Sell HighWilli Castro — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.75
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