MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 24, 2026
Portrait of Jake Burger
Jake Burger
TEX · 1B
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Portrait of Josh Naylor
Josh Naylor
SEA · 1B
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Jake Burger.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Jake Burger wins 3 categories (HR, R, RBI); Josh Naylor wins 2 (SB, AVG).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Jake Burger
90.0
Josh Naylor
87.5
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Jake Burger
46.5%
Josh Naylor
36.1%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Jake Burger
10.8%
Josh Naylor
4.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Jake Burger
36.8%
Josh Naylor
37.2%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Jake Burger
17.4%
Josh Naylor
9.6%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Jake Burger
.308
Josh Naylor
.321
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
Jake Burger
.210.270
lg AVG .295
now .242
.223
Josh Naylor
.210.270
lg AVG .295
now .254
.258

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Jake Burger
512.80
now 10
5
Josh Naylor
512.80
now 6
3
Runshigher is better
Jake Burger
2034.60
now 29
21
Josh Naylor
2034.60
now 21
15
RBIhigher is better
Jake Burger
2044.60
now 37
27
Josh Naylor
2044.60
now 25
18
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Jake Burger
.00016.40
now 1
1
Josh Naylor
.00016.40
now 12
9
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyJake Burger — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · steadyJosh Naylor — hold.conf 0.60
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