MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Portrait of Jahmai Jones
Jahmai Jones
BOS · OF
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Lourdes Gurriel Jr.
AZ · LF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Lourdes Gurriel Jr..

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Lourdes Gurriel Jr. wins 4 categories (R, RBI, SB, AVG); Jahmai Jones wins 1 (HR).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Jahmai Jones
90.9
Lourdes Gurriel Jr.
87.3
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Jahmai Jones
44.6%
Lourdes Gurriel Jr.
34.3%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Jahmai Jones
10.8%
Lourdes Gurriel Jr.
4.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Jahmai Jones
29.8%
Lourdes Gurriel Jr.
40.0%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Jahmai Jones
17.1%
Lourdes Gurriel Jr.
12.6%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Jahmai Jones
.305
Lourdes Gurriel Jr.
.277
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
Jahmai Jones
.200.260
lg AVG .295
now .155
.213
Lourdes Gurriel Jr.
.200.260
lg AVG .295
now .228
.228

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Jahmai Jones
55.20
now 2
4
Lourdes Gurriel Jr.
55.20
now 1
2
Runshigher is better
Jahmai Jones
2013.20
now 6
9
Lourdes Gurriel Jr.
2013.20
now 7
10
RBIhigher is better
Jahmai Jones
2018.20
now 7
10
Lourdes Gurriel Jr.
2018.20
now 11
15
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Jahmai Jones
.0002.20
now 0
0
Lourdes Gurriel Jr.
.0002.20
now 1
1
If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowJahmai Jones — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.75
SellLourdes Gurriel Jr. — sell.conf 0.63
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