MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 3, 2026
Portrait of Daylen Lile
Daylen Lile
WSH · LF
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Portrait of Jake McCarthy
Jake McCarthy
COL · CF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Jake McCarthy.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Jake McCarthy wins 3 categories (RBI, SB, AVG); Daylen Lile wins 2 (HR, R).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Daylen Lile
88.0
Jake McCarthy
85.0
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Daylen Lile
35.0%
Jake McCarthy
24.9%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Daylen Lile
8.2%
Jake McCarthy
5.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Daylen Lile
37.6%
Jake McCarthy
38.0%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Daylen Lile
12.8%
Jake McCarthy
13.3%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Daylen Lile
.312
Jake McCarthy
.304
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
Daylen Lile
.220.310
lg AVG .295
now .252
.238
Jake McCarthy
.220.310
lg AVG .295
now .288
.251

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Daylen Lile
59.40
now 7
3
Jake McCarthy
59.40
now 4
1
Runshigher is better
Daylen Lile
2044.40
now 36
20
Jake McCarthy
2044.40
now 20
15
RBIhigher is better
Daylen Lile
2032.80
now 28
16
Jake McCarthy
2032.80
now 25
19
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Daylen Lile
.00013.20
now 4
2
Jake McCarthy
.00013.20
now 10
8
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyDaylen Lile — hold.conf 0.60
Sell HighJake McCarthy — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.77
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