MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 5, 2026
Portrait of Cole Young
Cole Young
SEA · 2B
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Portrait of Xavier Edwards
Xavier Edwards
MIA · 2B
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Xavier Edwards.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — runs, steals, and average.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

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

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Cole Young
89.0
Xavier Edwards
86.9
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Cole Young
39.3%
Xavier Edwards
28.3%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Cole Young
5.3%
Xavier Edwards
3.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Cole Young
31.4%
Xavier Edwards
24.3%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Cole Young
9.3%
Xavier Edwards
7.1%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Cole Young
.335
Xavier Edwards
.318
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
.220.340
lg AVG .295
now .250
.256
Xavier Edwards
.220.340
lg AVG .295
now .313
.263

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Cole Young
58
now 4
2
Xavier Edwards
58
now 6
1
Runshigher is better
Cole Young
2051.40
now 26
15
Xavier Edwards
2051.40
now 41
22
RBIhigher is better
Cole Young
2037.60
now 30
17
Xavier Edwards
2037.60
now 20
11
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Cole Young
.00012.20
now 2
1
Xavier Edwards
.00012.20
now 9
5
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans buyCole Young — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · steadyXavier Edwards — hold.conf 0.60
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