MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 4, 2026
Portrait of Jackson Merrill
Jackson Merrill
SD · CF
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Lars Nootbaar
AZ · LF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Jackson Merrill.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

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

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Jackson Merrill
90.0
Lars Nootbaar
92.0
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Jackson Merrill
47.1%
Lars Nootbaar
51.3%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Jackson Merrill
10.8%
Lars Nootbaar
9.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Jackson Merrill
36.6%
Lars Nootbaar
18.3%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Jackson Merrill
14.8%
Lars Nootbaar
7.0%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Jackson Merrill
.324
Lars Nootbaar
.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
.200.480
lg AVG .295
now .209
.240
Lars Nootbaar
.200.480
lg AVG .295
now .429
.224

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Jackson Merrill
56.60
now 5
4
Lars Nootbaar
56.60
now 1
2
Runshigher is better
Jackson Merrill
2037
now 26
16
Lars Nootbaar
2037
now 2
27
RBIhigher is better
Jackson Merrill
2056.20
now 21
13
Lars Nootbaar
2056.20
now 3
41
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Jackson Merrill
.00014
now 10
6
Lars Nootbaar
.00014
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans buyJackson Merrill — hold.conf 0.60
BuyLars Nootbaar — buy.conf 0.64
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