MLB Daily DeltaWeek 14 · June 27, 2026
Portrait of Daylen Lile
Daylen Lile
WSH · LF
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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 — home runs, runs, 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

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

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Daylen Lile
87.5
Taylor Ward
89.7
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Daylen Lile
34.4%
Taylor Ward
40.4%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Daylen Lile
6.9%
Taylor Ward
5.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Daylen Lile
36.3%
Taylor Ward
13.2%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Daylen Lile
12.4%
Taylor Ward
6.1%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Daylen Lile
.317
Taylor Ward
.350
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
.230.270
lg AVG .295
now .252
.245
Taylor Ward
.230.270
lg AVG .295
now .248
.258

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Daylen Lile
510.40
now 7
5
Taylor Ward
510.40
now 2
8
Runshigher is better
Daylen Lile
32.8041.20
now 36
37
Taylor Ward
32.8041.20
now 36
38
RBIhigher is better
Daylen Lile
2033.80
now 28
29
Taylor Ward
2033.80
now 17
18
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Daylen Lile
.8005.20
now 4
4
Taylor Ward
.8005.20
now 2
2
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyDaylen Lile — hold.conf 0.60
BuyTaylor Ward — buy.conf 0.67
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