MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 11, 2026
Portrait of Jacob Young
Jacob Young
WSH · CF
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Portrait of Jake Mangum
Jake Mangum
PIT · CF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22, 1 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Jacob Young wins 2 (R, RBI); Jake Mangum wins 2 (SB, AVG); 1 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Jacob Young
87.7
Jake Mangum
85.4
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Jacob Young
30.7%
Jake Mangum
26.5%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Jacob Young
5.9%
Jake Mangum
1.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Jacob Young
27.3%
Jake Mangum
45.6%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Jacob Young
9.2%
Jake Mangum
12.2%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Jacob Young
.316
Jake Mangum
.284
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 Young
.220.280
lg AVG .295
now .233
.232
Jake Mangum
.220.280
lg AVG .295
now .269
.253

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Jacob Young
511.20
now 8
0
Jake Mangum
511.20
now 1
0
Runshigher is better
Jacob Young
2034.80
now 26
5
Jake Mangum
2034.80
now 16
4
RBIhigher is better
Jacob Young
2037
now 27
5
Jake Mangum
2037
now 9
2
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Jacob Young
.00010.80
now 4
1
Jake Mangum
.00010.80
now 8
2
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyJacob Young — hold.conf 0.60
SellJake Mangum — sell.conf 0.61
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