MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 11, 2026
Portrait of Colton Cowser
Colton Cowser
BAL · CF
Change to
Portrait of Ryan Waldschmidt
Ryan Waldschmidt
AZ · CF
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22, 1 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Colton Cowser wins 2 (HR, RBI); Ryan Waldschmidt wins 2 (SB, AVG); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Colton Cowser
88.0
Ryan Waldschmidt
86.9
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Colton Cowser
40.6%
Ryan Waldschmidt
29.9%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Colton Cowser
10.4%
Ryan Waldschmidt
6.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Colton Cowser
29.5%
Ryan Waldschmidt
24.2%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Colton Cowser
14.2%
Ryan Waldschmidt
13.7%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Colton Cowser
.317
Ryan Waldschmidt
.303
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
05

The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · batting average
AVGhigher is better
Colton Cowser
.200.320
lg AVG .295
now .227
.197
Ryan Waldschmidt
.200.320
lg AVG .295
now .284
.243

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Colton Cowser
55.60
now 4
1
Ryan Waldschmidt
55.60
now 0
0
Runshigher is better
Colton Cowser
2022.20
now 17
4
Ryan Waldschmidt
2022.20
now 10
4
RBIhigher is better
Colton Cowser
2024
now 18
5
Ryan Waldschmidt
2024
now 7
3
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Colton Cowser
.0007
now 1
0
Ryan Waldschmidt
.0007
now 5
2
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyColton Cowser — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · leans sellRyan Waldschmidt — hold.conf 0.60
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