MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 9, 2026
Portrait of Jac Caglianone
Jac Caglianone
KC · RF
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Portrait of Wade Meckler
Wade Meckler
LAA · LF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Jac Caglianone.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Jac Caglianone
92.9
Wade Meckler
86.0
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Jac Caglianone
54.9%
Wade Meckler
31.2%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Jac Caglianone
13.8%
Wade Meckler
4.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Jac Caglianone
37.5%
Wade Meckler
26.5%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Jac Caglianone
15.4%
Wade Meckler
10.7%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Jac Caglianone
.352
Wade Meckler
.318
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
.220.310
lg AVG .295
now .242
.251
Wade Meckler
.220.310
lg AVG .295
now .286
.236

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Jac Caglianone
58
now 6
4
Wade Meckler
58
now 2
1
Runshigher is better
Jac Caglianone
2026.80
now 20
12
Wade Meckler
2026.80
now 3
9
RBIhigher is better
Jac Caglianone
2031.80
now 13
8
Wade Meckler
2031.80
now 8
25
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Jac Caglianone
.0008
now 1
1
Wade Meckler
.0008
now 2
6
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyJac Caglianone — buy.conf 0.67
Hold · steadyWade Meckler — hold.conf 0.60
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