MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 17, 2026
Portrait of Colson Montgomery
Colson Montgomery
CWS · SS
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Portrait of Max Schuemann
Max Schuemann
NYY · SS
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Max Schuemann.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Max Schuemann wins 3 categories (R, SB, AVG); Colson Montgomery 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
Colson Montgomery
89.2
Max Schuemann
88.6
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Colson Montgomery
43.8%
Max Schuemann
40.5%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Colson Montgomery
13.6%
Max Schuemann
13.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Colson Montgomery
32.5%
Max Schuemann
19.0%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Colson Montgomery
19.4%
Max Schuemann
11.4%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Colson Montgomery
.324
Max Schuemann
.338
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
Colson Montgomery
.200.330
lg AVG .295
now .229
.197
Max Schuemann
.200.330
lg AVG .295
now .294
.204

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Colson Montgomery
521
now 15
8
Max Schuemann
521
now 0
2
Runshigher is better
Colson Montgomery
2044.80
now 28
23
Max Schuemann
2044.80
now 7
34
RBIhigher is better
Colson Montgomery
2049.20
now 36
29
Max Schuemann
2049.20
now 3
15
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Colson Montgomery
.00013.60
now 1
1
Max Schuemann
.00013.60
now 2
10
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans buyColson Montgomery — hold.conf 0.60
Sell HighMax Schuemann — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.65
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