MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 21, 2026
Portrait of Ernie Clement
Ernie Clement
TOR · 2B
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Jose Altuve
HOU · 2B
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Ernie Clement.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Ernie Clement wins 3 categories (RBI, SB, AVG); Jose Altuve wins 2 (HR, R).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Ernie Clement
85.1
Jose Altuve
85.7
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Ernie Clement
22.4%
Jose Altuve
32.9%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Ernie Clement
2.4%
Jose Altuve
6.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Ernie Clement
45.0%
Jose Altuve
35.8%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Ernie Clement
9.4%
Jose Altuve
11.1%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Ernie Clement
.275
Jose Altuve
.284
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
Ernie Clement
.200.330
lg AVG .295
now .300
.263
Jose Altuve
.200.330
lg AVG .295
now .246
.218

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Ernie Clement
56.60
now 5
1
Jose Altuve
56.60
now 4
3
Runshigher is better
Ernie Clement
2030.20
now 25
20
Jose Altuve
2030.20
now 27
26
RBIhigher is better
Ernie Clement
2026.40
now 22
17
Jose Altuve
2026.40
now 12
11
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Ernie Clement
.0003.20
now 2
2
Jose Altuve
.0003.20
now 1
1
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighErnie Clement — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.78
SellJose Altuve — sell.conf 0.61
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