MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 9, 2026
Portrait of George Springer
George Springer
TOR · DH
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Jorge Polanco
NYM · DH
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

George Springer.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

George Springer wins 4 categories (R, RBI, SB, AVG); Jorge Polanco wins 0 (none); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
George Springer
88.5
Jorge Polanco
85.6
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
George Springer
38.9%
Jorge Polanco
29.4%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
George Springer
7.2%
Jorge Polanco
3.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
George Springer
24.6%
Jorge Polanco
29.8%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
George Springer
11.1%
Jorge Polanco
10.2%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
George Springer
.307
Jorge Polanco
.227
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
George Springer
.200.230
lg AVG .295
now .212
.218
Jorge Polanco
.200.230
lg AVG .295
now .179
.196

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
George Springer
56.60
now 5
2
Jorge Polanco
56.60
now 1
2
Runshigher is better
George Springer
2021.20
now 16
11
Jorge Polanco
2021.20
now 3
5
RBIhigher is better
George Springer
2018.80
now 14
10
Jorge Polanco
2018.80
now 2
4
Stolen Baseshigher is better
George Springer
.0004.20
now 3
2
Jorge Polanco
.0004.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans sellGeorge Springer — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · wait & seeJorge Polanco — hold.conf 0.50
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