MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 23, 2026
Portrait of Jake Burger
Jake Burger
TEX · 1B
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Portrait of Yandy Díaz
Yandy Díaz
TB · DH
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Yandy Díaz.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Yandy Díaz wins 3 categories (R, RBI, AVG); Jake Burger wins 1 (HR); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Jake Burger
90.0
Yandy Díaz
91.1
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Jake Burger
46.7%
Yandy Díaz
47.8%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Jake Burger
10.8%
Yandy Díaz
6.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Jake Burger
36.8%
Yandy Díaz
27.2%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Jake Burger
17.3%
Yandy Díaz
6.5%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Jake Burger
.309
Yandy Díaz
.364
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
.200.350
lg AVG .295
now .242
.225
Yandy Díaz
.200.350
lg AVG .295
now .317
.280

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Jake Burger
514.20
now 10
6
Yandy Díaz
514.20
now 11
3
Runshigher is better
Jake Burger
2034.60
now 29
22
Yandy Díaz
2034.60
now 31
24
RBIhigher is better
Jake Burger
2442
now 37
28
Yandy Díaz
2442
now 38
29
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Jake Burger
.0002.20
now 1
1
Yandy Díaz
.0002.20
now 1
1
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyJake Burger — hold.conf 0.60
BuyYandy Díaz — buy.conf 0.70
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