MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 20, 2026
Portrait of Jackson Merrill
Jackson Merrill
SD · CF
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Portrait of Wilyer Abreu
Wilyer Abreu
BOS · RF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Wilyer Abreu.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

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

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Jackson Merrill
89.4
Wilyer Abreu
90.2
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Jackson Merrill
45.2%
Wilyer Abreu
42.3%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Jackson Merrill
9.2%
Wilyer Abreu
13.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Jackson Merrill
35.5%
Wilyer Abreu
31.0%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Jackson Merrill
14.7%
Wilyer Abreu
11.8%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Jackson Merrill
.306
Wilyer Abreu
.351
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
.200.310
lg AVG .295
now .209
.229
Wilyer Abreu
.200.310
lg AVG .295
now .284
.263

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Jackson Merrill
57.20
now 5
5
Wilyer Abreu
57.20
now 6
6
Runshigher is better
Jackson Merrill
2029.20
now 26
21
Wilyer Abreu
2029.20
now 26
20
RBIhigher is better
Jackson Merrill
2027.20
now 21
17
Wilyer Abreu
2027.20
now 24
18
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Jackson Merrill
.20012.80
now 10
8
Wilyer Abreu
.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 0.67
BuyWilyer Abreu — buy.conf 0.67
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