MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 13, 2026
Esmerlyn Valdez
PIT · RF
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Portrait of Jake McCarthy
Jake McCarthy
COL · CF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Jake McCarthy.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Jake McCarthy wins 3 categories (R, SB, AVG); Esmerlyn Valdez wins 2 (HR, RBI).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Esmerlyn Valdez
92.0
Jake McCarthy
84.9
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Esmerlyn Valdez
52.7%
Jake McCarthy
25.8%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Esmerlyn Valdez
30.9%
Jake McCarthy
5.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Esmerlyn Valdez
24.4%
Jake McCarthy
35.2%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Esmerlyn Valdez
17.1%
Jake McCarthy
12.6%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Esmerlyn Valdez
.380
Jake McCarthy
.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
Esmerlyn Valdez
.200.360
lg AVG .295
now .111
.208
Jake McCarthy
.200.360
lg AVG .295
now .288
.254

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Esmerlyn Valdez
513.20
now 2
10
Jake McCarthy
513.20
now 4
2
Runshigher is better
Esmerlyn Valdez
2030
now 2
15
Jake McCarthy
2030
now 20
22
RBIhigher is better
Esmerlyn Valdez
2049.80
now 5
37
Jake McCarthy
2049.80
now 25
28
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Esmerlyn Valdez
.00015.40
now 0
0
Jake McCarthy
.00015.40
now 10
11
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighEsmerlyn Valdez — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.73
Sell HighJake McCarthy — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.78
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