MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 31, 2026
Portrait of Jacob Young
Jacob Young
WSH · CF
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Portrait of Mike Yastrzemski
Mike Yastrzemski
ATL · LF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Jacob Young.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Jacob Young wins 3 categories (RBI, SB, AVG); Mike Yastrzemski wins 2 (HR, R).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Jacob Young
88.6
Mike Yastrzemski
90.1
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Jacob Young
34.7%
Mike Yastrzemski
42.7%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Jacob Young
6.6%
Mike Yastrzemski
6.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Jacob Young
27.2%
Mike Yastrzemski
26.8%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Jacob Young
9.2%
Mike Yastrzemski
10.1%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Jacob Young
.319
Mike Yastrzemski
.293
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
.200.260
lg AVG .295
now .233
.234
Mike Yastrzemski
.200.260
lg AVG .295
now .250
.217

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Jacob Young
510.80
now 8
1
Mike Yastrzemski
510.80
now 3
3
Runshigher is better
Jacob Young
2029.20
now 26
18
Mike Yastrzemski
2029.20
now 25
20
RBIhigher is better
Jacob Young
2032.20
now 27
19
Mike Yastrzemski
2032.20
now 17
14
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Jacob Young
.0005.20
now 4
3
Mike Yastrzemski
.0005.20
now 1
1
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyJacob Young — hold.conf 0.60
SellMike Yastrzemski — sell.conf 0.59
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