MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Donovan Walton
Donovan Walton
ATH · 2B
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Portrait of Marcelo Mayer
Marcelo Mayer
SF · 2B
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Marcelo Mayer.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — home runs, RBI, and steals.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Marcelo Mayer wins 3 categories (HR, RBI, SB); Donovan Walton wins 2 (R, AVG).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Donovan Walton
87.5
Marcelo Mayer
86.1
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Donovan Walton
33.1%
Marcelo Mayer
36.0%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Donovan Walton
5.3%
Marcelo Mayer
6.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Donovan Walton
29.2%
Marcelo Mayer
29.2%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Donovan Walton
13.4%
Marcelo Mayer
13.3%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Donovan Walton
.340
Marcelo Mayer
.259
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
Donovan Walton
.200.350
lg AVG .295
now .310
.257
Marcelo Mayer
.200.350
lg AVG .295
now .224
.203

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Donovan Walton
53.20
now 0
0
Marcelo Mayer
53.20
now 2
1
Runshigher is better
Donovan Walton
2020.80
now 7
8
Marcelo Mayer
2020.80
now 16
4
RBIhigher is better
Donovan Walton
2017.80
now 1
1
Marcelo Mayer
2017.80
now 13
3
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Donovan Walton
.0004.20
now 0
0
Marcelo Mayer
.0004.20
now 3
1
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans buyDonovan Walton — hold.conf 0.60
SellMarcelo Mayer — sell.conf 0.66
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