MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 20, 2026
Portrait of Drew Gilbert
Drew Gilbert
SF · CF
Change to
Portrait of Starling Marte
Starling Marte
KC · RF
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22, 1 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Drew Gilbert wins 2 (R, RBI); Starling Marte wins 2 (HR, AVG); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Drew Gilbert
85.8
Starling Marte
89.3
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Drew Gilbert
32.9%
Starling Marte
38.8%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Drew Gilbert
1.8%
Starling Marte
11.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Drew Gilbert
24.6%
Starling Marte
35.4%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Drew Gilbert
9.1%
Starling Marte
14.8%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Drew Gilbert
.290
Starling Marte
.309
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
Drew Gilbert
.210.280
lg AVG .295
now .231
.224
Starling Marte
.210.280
lg AVG .295
now .263
.255

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Drew Gilbert
54.20
now 3
1
Starling Marte
54.20
now 0
3
Runshigher is better
Drew Gilbert
2019.80
now 12
15
Starling Marte
2019.80
now 3
6
RBIhigher is better
Drew Gilbert
2020.20
now 12
15
Starling Marte
2020.20
now 2
4
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Drew Gilbert
.0001.20
now 0
0
Starling Marte
.0001.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
SellDrew Gilbert — sell.conf 0.60
Hold · wait & seeStarling Marte — hold.conf 0.50
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