MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 29, 2026
Portrait of Hao-Yu Lee
Hao-Yu Lee
DET · 2B
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Jake Cronenworth
SD · 2B
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Hao-Yu Lee.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Hao-Yu Lee wins 3 categories (HR, RBI, AVG); Jake Cronenworth wins 2 (R, SB).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Hao-Yu Lee
89.1
Jake Cronenworth
88.1
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Hao-Yu Lee
39.4%
Jake Cronenworth
34.8%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Hao-Yu Lee
9.5%
Jake Cronenworth
5.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Hao-Yu Lee
32.6%
Jake Cronenworth
27.3%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Hao-Yu Lee
14.1%
Jake Cronenworth
10.3%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Hao-Yu Lee
.294
Jake Cronenworth
.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
Hao-Yu Lee
.200.270
lg AVG .295
now .205
.236
Jake Cronenworth
.200.270
lg AVG .295
now .144
.233

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Hao-Yu Lee
54.20
now 2
3
Jake Cronenworth
54.20
now 1
2
Runshigher is better
Hao-Yu Lee
2018.60
now 6
8
Jake Cronenworth
2018.60
now 13
15
RBIhigher is better
Hao-Yu Lee
2016.60
now 9
13
Jake Cronenworth
2016.60
now 4
5
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Hao-Yu Lee
.0002.20
now 0
0
Jake Cronenworth
.0002.20
now 1
1
If you already own them — trade angle
SellHao-Yu Lee — sell.conf 0.59
Hold · steadyJake Cronenworth — hold.conf 0.60
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