MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 3, 2026
Portrait of Jac Caglianone
Jac Caglianone
KC · RF
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Portrait of Max Schuemann
Max Schuemann
NYY · LF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Max Schuemann.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — runs, RBI, and steals. Jac Caglianone’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Max Schuemann wins 3 categories (R, RBI, SB); Jac Caglianone wins 2 (HR, AVG).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Jac Caglianone
93.1
Max Schuemann
89.4
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Jac Caglianone
55.3%
Max Schuemann
41.2%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Jac Caglianone
14.8%
Max Schuemann
9.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Jac Caglianone
36.9%
Max Schuemann
21.9%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Jac Caglianone
15.6%
Max Schuemann
11.7%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Jac Caglianone
.351
Max Schuemann
.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
Jac Caglianone
.200.330
lg AVG .295
now .242
.249
Max Schuemann
.200.330
lg AVG .295
now .294
.194

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Jac Caglianone
58.40
now 6
4
Max Schuemann
58.40
now 0
1
Runshigher is better
Jac Caglianone
2033.60
now 20
14
Max Schuemann
2033.60
now 7
26
RBIhigher is better
Jac Caglianone
2017
now 13
9
Max Schuemann
2017
now 3
11
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Jac Caglianone
.0009.40
now 1
1
Max Schuemann
.0009.40
now 2
7
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyJac Caglianone — buy.conf 0.67
Hold · wait & seeMax Schuemann — hold.conf 0.50
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