MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 22, 2026
Portrait of Jackson Merrill
Jackson Merrill
SD · CF
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Portrait of Kyle Tucker
Kyle Tucker
LAD · RF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Kyle Tucker.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

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

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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
Kyle Tucker
88.8
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Jackson Merrill
45.3%
Kyle Tucker
38.3%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Jackson Merrill
9.7%
Kyle Tucker
5.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Jackson Merrill
36.0%
Kyle Tucker
25.0%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Jackson Merrill
14.8%
Kyle Tucker
11.3%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Jackson Merrill
.309
Kyle Tucker
.333
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
.200.270
lg AVG .295
now .209
.231
Kyle Tucker
.200.270
lg AVG .295
now .238
.253

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Jackson Merrill
56.20
now 5
5
Kyle Tucker
56.20
now 4
4
Runshigher is better
Jackson Merrill
2043.40
now 26
21
Kyle Tucker
2043.40
now 37
28
RBIhigher is better
Jackson Merrill
2031
now 21
17
Kyle Tucker
2031
now 27
20
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Jackson Merrill
.20012.80
now 10
8
Kyle Tucker
.20012.80
now 4
3
If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowJackson Merrill — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.66
Hold · leans buyKyle Tucker — hold.conf 0.60
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