MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 11, 2026
Portrait of Jake Burger
Jake Burger
TEX · 1B
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Portrait of Taylor Ward
Taylor Ward
SEA · DH
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Taylor Ward.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Taylor Ward wins 2 categories (R, AVG); Jake Burger wins 1 (RBI); 2 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Jake Burger
90.3
Taylor Ward
88.7
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Jake Burger
47.2%
Taylor Ward
37.9%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Jake Burger
12.4%
Taylor Ward
5.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Jake Burger
35.8%
Taylor Ward
15.1%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Jake Burger
17.1%
Taylor Ward
6.8%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Jake Burger
.320
Taylor Ward
.334
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
.210.260
lg AVG .295
now .242
.218
Taylor Ward
.210.260
lg AVG .295
now .248
.231

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Jake Burger
513.60
now 10
1
Taylor Ward
513.60
now 2
1
Runshigher is better
Jake Burger
2048.40
now 29
5
Taylor Ward
2048.40
now 36
6
RBIhigher is better
Jake Burger
2050.60
now 37
6
Taylor Ward
2050.60
now 17
3
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Jake Burger
.0003.20
now 1
0
Taylor Ward
.0003.20
now 2
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyJake Burger — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · leans buyTaylor Ward — hold.conf 0.60
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