MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 22, 2026
Portrait of Jackson Merrill
Jackson Merrill
SD · CF
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Portrait of Jake McCarthy
Jake McCarthy
COL · CF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Jake McCarthy.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Jake McCarthy wins 3 categories (RBI, SB, AVG); Jackson Merrill wins 2 (HR, R).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Jackson Merrill
89.6
Jake McCarthy
85.1
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Jackson Merrill
45.3%
Jake McCarthy
25.1%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Jackson Merrill
9.7%
Jake McCarthy
5.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Jackson Merrill
36.0%
Jake McCarthy
35.4%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Jackson Merrill
14.8%
Jake McCarthy
12.4%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Jackson Merrill
.309
Jake McCarthy
.315
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
Jackson Merrill
.200.320
lg AVG .295
now .209
.231
Jake McCarthy
.200.320
lg AVG .295
now .288
.257

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Jackson Merrill
56.20
now 5
5
Jake McCarthy
56.20
now 4
2
Runshigher is better
Jackson Merrill
2029.20
now 26
21
Jake McCarthy
2029.20
now 20
19
RBIhigher is better
Jackson Merrill
2028.20
now 21
17
Jake McCarthy
2028.20
now 25
24
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Jackson Merrill
6.8011.20
now 10
8
Jake McCarthy
6.8011.20
now 10
10
If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowJackson Merrill — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.66
Sell HighJake McCarthy — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.79
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