MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 1, 2026
Portrait of Daulton Varsho
Daulton Varsho
TOR · CF
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Portrait of Taylor Ward
Taylor Ward
BAL · LF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Taylor Ward.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Taylor Ward wins 2 categories (R, AVG); Daulton Varsho wins 1 (SB); 2 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Daulton Varsho
86.2
Taylor Ward
89.2
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Daulton Varsho
36.4%
Taylor Ward
38.7%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Daulton Varsho
6.6%
Taylor Ward
5.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Daulton Varsho
36.5%
Taylor Ward
14.3%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Daulton Varsho
10.9%
Taylor Ward
6.6%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Daulton Varsho
.294
Taylor Ward
.345
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
Daulton Varsho
.220.270
lg AVG .295
now .260
.236
Taylor Ward
.220.270
lg AVG .295
now .248
.246

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Daulton Varsho
56.20
now 5
3
Taylor Ward
56.20
now 2
3
Runshigher is better
Daulton Varsho
2043.60
now 26
17
Taylor Ward
2043.60
now 36
21
RBIhigher is better
Daulton Varsho
2020.20
now 16
10
Taylor Ward
2020.20
now 17
10
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Daulton Varsho
.0005.20
now 4
3
Taylor Ward
.0005.20
now 2
1
If you already own them — trade angle
SellDaulton Varsho — sell.conf 0.59
BuyTaylor Ward — buy.conf 0.66
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