MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 3, 2026
Portrait of Colton Cowser
Colton Cowser
BAL · CF
Change to
Matt Shaw
CHC · RF
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Colton Cowser.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Colton Cowser wins 3 categories (HR, R, RBI); Matt Shaw wins 2 (SB, AVG).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Colton Cowser
86.7
Matt Shaw
86.8
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Colton Cowser
36.5%
Matt Shaw
36.2%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Colton Cowser
10.1%
Matt Shaw
4.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Colton Cowser
28.5%
Matt Shaw
35.6%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Colton Cowser
14.7%
Matt Shaw
9.3%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Colton Cowser
.318
Matt Shaw
.301
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
Colton Cowser
.200.260
lg AVG .295
now .227
.194
Matt Shaw
.200.260
lg AVG .295
now .240
.227

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Colton Cowser
55.20
now 4
3
Matt Shaw
55.20
now 3
2
Runshigher is better
Colton Cowser
2020.20
now 17
15
Matt Shaw
2020.20
now 10
10
RBIhigher is better
Colton Cowser
2021.20
now 18
16
Matt Shaw
2021.20
now 12
13
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Colton Cowser
.0004.20
now 1
1
Matt Shaw
.0004.20
now 3
3
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyColton Cowser — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · wait & seeMatt Shaw — hold.conf 0.50
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