MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 8, 2026
Portrait of Daylen Lile
Daylen Lile
WSH · LF
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Jonny DeLuca
TB · RF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Jonny DeLuca.

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

Jonny DeLuca 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
88.2
Jonny DeLuca
85.1
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Daylen Lile
35.8%
Jonny DeLuca
30.2%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Daylen Lile
7.9%
Jonny DeLuca
4.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Daylen Lile
37.8%
Jonny DeLuca
35.6%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Daylen Lile
13.2%
Jonny DeLuca
13.9%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Daylen Lile
.310
Jonny DeLuca
.280
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
.220.280
lg AVG .295
now .252
.234
Jonny DeLuca
.220.280
lg AVG .295
now .269
.240

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Daylen Lile
59.40
now 7
2
Jonny DeLuca
59.40
now 2
1
Runshigher is better
Daylen Lile
2044.40
now 36
18
Jonny DeLuca
2044.40
now 17
15
RBIhigher is better
Daylen Lile
2033.60
now 28
14
Jonny DeLuca
2033.60
now 19
16
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Daylen Lile
.4007.60
now 4
2
Jonny DeLuca
.4007.60
now 6
5
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyDaylen Lile — hold.conf 0.60
SellJonny DeLuca — sell.conf 0.62
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