MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 29, 2026
Portrait of J.P. Crawford
J.P. Crawford
SEA · SS
Change to
Trevor Story
BOS · SS
Change to
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

J.P. Crawford wins 2 (R, AVG); Trevor Story wins 2 (RBI, SB); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
J.P. Crawford
87.9
Trevor Story
88.9
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
J.P. Crawford
35.6%
Trevor Story
41.8%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
J.P. Crawford
6.4%
Trevor Story
3.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
J.P. Crawford
19.9%
Trevor Story
44.0%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
J.P. Crawford
6.9%
Trevor Story
17.6%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
J.P. Crawford
.328
Trevor Story
.248
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
05

The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · batting average
AVGhigher is better
J.P. Crawford
.200.230
lg AVG .295
now .215
.209
Trevor Story
.200.230
lg AVG .295
now .206
.203

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
J.P. Crawford
511.80
now 9
2
Trevor Story
511.80
now 3
2
Runshigher is better
J.P. Crawford
2035
now 29
21
Trevor Story
2035
now 16
14
RBIhigher is better
J.P. Crawford
2025.20
now 22
16
Trevor Story
2025.20
now 19
17
Stolen Baseshigher is better
J.P. Crawford
.0005.20
now 1
1
Trevor Story
.0005.20
now 4
3
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans buyJ.P. Crawford — hold.conf 0.60
SellTrevor Story — sell.conf 0.68
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