MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 21, 2026
Portrait of Jackson Merrill
Jackson Merrill
SD · CF
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Portrait of Jarren Duran
Jarren Duran
BOS · LF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Jarren Duran.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Jarren Duran wins 2 categories (R, RBI); Jackson Merrill wins 1 (AVG); 2 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Jackson Merrill
89.5
Jarren Duran
89.5
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Jackson Merrill
45.3%
Jarren Duran
37.9%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Jackson Merrill
9.8%
Jarren Duran
11.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Jackson Merrill
35.8%
Jarren Duran
34.5%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Jackson Merrill
14.7%
Jarren Duran
17.2%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Jackson Merrill
.311
Jarren Duran
.295
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
.200.250
lg AVG .295
now .209
.233
Jarren Duran
.200.250
lg AVG .295
now .219
.197

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Jackson Merrill
512
now 5
5
Jarren Duran
512
now 10
5
Runshigher is better
Jackson Merrill
2032.20
now 26
21
Jarren Duran
2032.20
now 29
23
RBIhigher is better
Jackson Merrill
2039.40
now 21
17
Jarren Duran
2039.40
now 33
26
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Jackson Merrill
6.8011.20
now 10
8
Jarren Duran
6.8011.20
now 10
8
If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowJackson Merrill — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.66
Buy LowJarren Duran — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.67
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