MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 4, 2026
Portrait of Edouard Julien
Edouard Julien
COL · 2B
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Portrait of Isiah Kiner-Falefa
Isiah Kiner-Falefa
BOS · 2B
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Isiah Kiner-Falefa.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Isiah Kiner-Falefa wins 4 categories (R, RBI, SB, AVG); Edouard Julien wins 1 (HR).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Edouard Julien
90.9
Isiah Kiner-Falefa
82.3
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Edouard Julien
50.0%
Isiah Kiner-Falefa
26.5%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Edouard Julien
6.8%
Isiah Kiner-Falefa
2.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Edouard Julien
18.7%
Isiah Kiner-Falefa
34.7%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Edouard Julien
9.4%
Isiah Kiner-Falefa
8.7%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Edouard Julien
.339
Isiah Kiner-Falefa
.312
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
Edouard Julien
.200.350
lg AVG .295
now .204
.237
Isiah Kiner-Falefa
.200.350
lg AVG .295
now .311
.266

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Edouard Julien
54.20
now 2
3
Isiah Kiner-Falefa
54.20
now 1
1
Runshigher is better
Edouard Julien
2020.20
now 17
13
Isiah Kiner-Falefa
2020.20
now 12
15
RBIhigher is better
Edouard Julien
2017.20
now 12
9
Isiah Kiner-Falefa
2017.20
now 11
14
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Edouard Julien
1.806.20
now 4
3
Isiah Kiner-Falefa
1.806.20
now 4
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If you already own them — trade angle
BuyEdouard Julien — buy.conf 0.65
Hold · wait & seeIsiah Kiner-Falefa — hold.conf 0.50
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