MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Héctor Rodríguez
CIN · RF
Change to
Portrait of Jake Mangum
Jake Mangum
PIT · CF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22, 1 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Héctor Rodríguez wins 2 (R, AVG); Jake Mangum wins 2 (RBI, SB); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Héctor Rodríguez
88.5
Jake Mangum
85.4
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Héctor Rodríguez
33.8%
Jake Mangum
26.5%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Héctor Rodríguez
7.7%
Jake Mangum
1.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Héctor Rodríguez
40.9%
Jake Mangum
45.6%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Héctor Rodríguez
16.0%
Jake Mangum
12.2%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Héctor Rodríguez
.277
Jake Mangum
.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
Héctor Rodríguez
.200.380
lg AVG .295
now .000
.255
Jake Mangum
.200.380
lg AVG .295
now .269
.253

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Héctor Rodríguez
52.20
now 0
0
Jake Mangum
52.20
now 1
0
Runshigher is better
Héctor Rodríguez
2022
now 1
10
Jake Mangum
2022
now 16
5
RBIhigher is better
Héctor Rodríguez
2012.60
now 0
0
Jake Mangum
2012.60
now 9
3
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Héctor Rodríguez
.00011.20
now 0
0
Jake Mangum
.00011.20
now 8
2
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighHéctor Rodríguez — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.71
SellJake Mangum — sell.conf 0.61
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