MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 31, 2026
Portrait of Evan Carter
Evan Carter
TEX · CF
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Portrait of James Wood
James Wood
WSH · RF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

James Wood.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

James Wood wins 4 categories (HR, R, RBI, AVG); Evan Carter wins 0 (none); 1 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Evan Carter
88.0
James Wood
95.2
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Evan Carter
38.2%
James Wood
58.5%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Evan Carter
5.9%
James Wood
21.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Evan Carter
19.6%
James Wood
22.3%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Evan Carter
11.5%
James Wood
12.0%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Evan Carter
.300
James Wood
.424
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
Evan Carter
.200.310
lg AVG .295
now .171
.187
James Wood
.200.310
lg AVG .295
now .272
.250

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Evan Carter
521.60
now 6
2
James Wood
521.60
now 16
7
Runshigher is better
Evan Carter
2067.80
now 22
16
James Wood
2067.80
now 53
31
RBIhigher is better
Evan Carter
2049.40
now 18
13
James Wood
2049.40
now 39
23
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Evan Carter
4.4011.60
now 9
6
James Wood
4.4011.60
now 10
6
If you already own them — trade angle
SellEvan Carter — sell.conf 0.58
BuyJames Wood — buy.conf 0.82
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