MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 23, 2026
Portrait of Drew Romo
Drew Romo
CWS · C
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Portrait of Victor Caratini
Victor Caratini
MIN · C
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Drew Romo.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Drew Romo wins 3 categories (R, RBI, SB); Victor Caratini wins 1 (AVG); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Drew Romo
83.9
Victor Caratini
89.6
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Drew Romo
26.5%
Victor Caratini
38.3%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Drew Romo
7.2%
Victor Caratini
7.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Drew Romo
33.6%
Victor Caratini
25.5%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Drew Romo
14.9%
Victor Caratini
9.1%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Drew Romo
.247
Victor Caratini
.334
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 Romo
.200.260
lg AVG .295
now .177
.176
Victor Caratini
.200.260
lg AVG .295
now .190
.234

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Drew Romo
56.20
now 5
3
Victor Caratini
56.20
now 2
3
Runshigher is better
Drew Romo
2019.20
now 8
16
Victor Caratini
2019.20
now 9
9
RBIhigher is better
Drew Romo
2024
now 10
20
Victor Caratini
2024
now 20
19
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Drew Romo
.0003.20
now 1
2
Victor Caratini
.0003.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeDrew Romo — hold.conf 0.50
BuyVictor Caratini — buy.conf 0.64
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