MLB Daily DeltaWeek 14 · July 1, 2026
Portrait of Colt Emerson
Colt Emerson
SEA · SS
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Portrait of Darell Hernaiz
Darell Hernaiz
ATH · SS
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Colt Emerson.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Colt Emerson wins 3 categories (HR, R, RBI); Darell Hernaiz wins 2 (SB, AVG).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Colt Emerson
87.2
Darell Hernaiz
84.4
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Colt Emerson
31.5%
Darell Hernaiz
24.7%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Colt Emerson
6.8%
Darell Hernaiz
1.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Colt Emerson
35.8%
Darell Hernaiz
35.7%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Colt Emerson
16.4%
Darell Hernaiz
11.6%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Colt Emerson
.244
Darell Hernaiz
.263
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
Colt Emerson
.200.290
lg AVG .295
now .250
.176
Darell Hernaiz
.200.290
lg AVG .295
now .259
.212

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Colt Emerson
55.20
now 3
4
Darell Hernaiz
55.20
now 1
1
Runshigher is better
Colt Emerson
2033.60
now 7
26
Darell Hernaiz
2033.60
now 12
19
RBIhigher is better
Colt Emerson
2037.80
now 8
29
Darell Hernaiz
2037.80
now 7
11
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Colt Emerson
.0007
now 0
0
Darell Hernaiz
.0007
now 3
5
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeColt Emerson — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeDarell Hernaiz — hold.conf 0.50
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