MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 3, 2026
Portrait of Edouard Julien
Edouard Julien
COL · 2B
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Portrait of Richie Palacios
Richie Palacios
TB · 2B
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Richie Palacios.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Richie Palacios wins 3 categories (R, RBI, SB); Edouard Julien wins 2 (HR, AVG).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Edouard Julien
90.8
Richie Palacios
85.8
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Edouard Julien
49.7%
Richie Palacios
26.3%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Edouard Julien
6.8%
Richie Palacios
3.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Edouard Julien
19.1%
Richie Palacios
31.7%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Edouard Julien
9.4%
Richie Palacios
10.2%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Edouard Julien
.335
Richie Palacios
.302
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
.200.270
lg AVG .295
now .204
.238
Richie Palacios
.200.270
lg AVG .295
now .248
.224

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Edouard Julien
54.20
now 2
3
Richie Palacios
54.20
now 1
1
Runshigher is better
Edouard Julien
2021.20
now 17
13
Richie Palacios
2021.20
now 18
16
RBIhigher is better
Edouard Julien
2020.20
now 12
9
Richie Palacios
2020.20
now 17
16
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Edouard Julien
1.408.60
now 4
3
Richie Palacios
1.408.60
now 7
6
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyEdouard Julien — buy.conf 0.64
Hold · leans sellRichie Palacios — hold.conf 0.60
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