MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 9, 2026
Jacob Wilson
ATH · SS
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Portrait of Taylor Walls
Taylor Walls
TB · SS
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Taylor Walls.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — home runs, runs, and steals. Jacob Wilson’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Taylor Walls wins 3 categories (HR, R, SB); Jacob Wilson wins 2 (RBI, AVG).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Jacob Wilson
84.1
Taylor Walls
85.3
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Jacob Wilson
28.0%
Taylor Walls
22.8%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Jacob Wilson
1.6%
Taylor Walls
3.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Jacob Wilson
40.4%
Taylor Walls
24.2%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Jacob Wilson
8.4%
Taylor Walls
9.6%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Jacob Wilson
.278
Taylor Walls
.266
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
Jacob Wilson
.200.330
lg AVG .295
now .292
.253
Taylor Walls
.200.330
lg AVG .295
now .208
.200

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Jacob Wilson
54.20
now 3
1
Taylor Walls
54.20
now 0
2
Runshigher is better
Jacob Wilson
2027.20
now 18
22
Taylor Walls
2027.20
now 19
24
RBIhigher is better
Jacob Wilson
2026.60
now 19
23
Taylor Walls
2026.60
now 14
18
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Jacob Wilson
.00010.40
now 2
2
Taylor Walls
.00010.40
now 6
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If you already own them — trade angle
SellJacob Wilson — sell.conf 0.62
SellTaylor Walls — sell.conf 0.65
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