MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 20, 2026
Portrait of Jackson Merrill
Jackson Merrill
SD · CF
Change to
Ryan O'Hearn
PIT · RF
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Ryan O'Hearn.

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

Ryan O'Hearn wins 3 categories (R, RBI, AVG); Jackson Merrill wins 2 (HR, SB).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Jackson Merrill
89.4
Ryan O'Hearn
89.8
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Jackson Merrill
45.2%
Ryan O'Hearn
45.6%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Jackson Merrill
9.2%
Ryan O'Hearn
7.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Jackson Merrill
35.5%
Ryan O'Hearn
32.3%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Jackson Merrill
14.7%
Ryan O'Hearn
10.1%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Jackson Merrill
.306
Ryan O'Hearn
.329
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
.200.330
lg AVG .295
now .209
.229
Ryan O'Hearn
.200.330
lg AVG .295
now .294
.244

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Jackson Merrill
59.60
now 5
5
Ryan O'Hearn
59.60
now 8
4
Runshigher is better
Jackson Merrill
2031.20
now 26
21
Ryan O'Hearn
2031.20
now 28
26
RBIhigher is better
Jackson Merrill
2035.20
now 21
17
Ryan O'Hearn
2035.20
now 30
28
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Jackson Merrill
.00013.60
now 10
8
Ryan O'Hearn
.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 0.67
Hold · leans buyRyan O'Hearn — hold.conf 0.60
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