MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 27, 2026
Portrait of Jacob Young
Jacob Young
WSH · CF
Change to
Portrait of Seiya Suzuki
Seiya Suzuki
CHC · RF
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Seiya Suzuki.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

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

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Jacob Young
88.8
Seiya Suzuki
89.0
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Jacob Young
35.5%
Seiya Suzuki
40.6%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Jacob Young
6.8%
Seiya Suzuki
9.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Jacob Young
26.9%
Seiya Suzuki
22.5%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Jacob Young
9.3%
Seiya Suzuki
10.4%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Jacob Young
.311
Seiya Suzuki
.336
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
.220.260
lg AVG .295
now .233
.230
Seiya Suzuki
.220.260
lg AVG .295
now .244
.239

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Jacob Young
510.40
now 8
2
Seiya Suzuki
510.40
now 7
4
Runshigher is better
Jacob Young
2029.20
now 26
19
Seiya Suzuki
2029.20
now 25
20
RBIhigher is better
Jacob Young
2031.80
now 27
20
Seiya Suzuki
2031.80
now 19
15
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Jacob Young
.0005.60
now 4
3
Seiya Suzuki
.0005.60
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyJacob Young — hold.conf 0.60
BuySeiya Suzuki — buy.conf 0.64
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