MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 14, 2026
Portrait of Jackson Merrill
Jackson Merrill
SD · CF
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Portrait of Luke Raley
Luke Raley
SEA · RF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Luke Raley.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

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

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Jackson Merrill
89.4
Luke Raley
90.6
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Jackson Merrill
44.9%
Luke Raley
46.5%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Jackson Merrill
9.1%
Luke Raley
16.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Jackson Merrill
35.3%
Luke Raley
34.0%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Jackson Merrill
14.8%
Luke Raley
22.0%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Jackson Merrill
.306
Luke Raley
.343
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
.200.300
lg AVG .295
now .209
.232
Luke Raley
.200.300
lg AVG .295
now .276
.212

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Jackson Merrill
516.20
now 5
6
Luke Raley
516.20
now 13
7
Runshigher is better
Jackson Merrill
2029.20
now 26
23
Luke Raley
2029.20
now 22
24
RBIhigher is better
Jackson Merrill
2038.60
now 21
19
Luke Raley
2038.60
now 31
33
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Jackson Merrill
.00013.60
now 10
9
Luke Raley
.00013.60
now 1
1
If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowJackson Merrill — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.66
BuyLuke Raley — buy.conf 0.66
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