MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 2, 2026
Jake Cronenworth
SD · 2B
Change to
Portrait of Marcelo Mayer
Marcelo Mayer
BOS · 2B
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22, 1 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Jake Cronenworth wins 2 (R, AVG); Marcelo Mayer wins 2 (RBI, SB); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Jake Cronenworth
87.9
Marcelo Mayer
86.1
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Jake Cronenworth
33.1%
Marcelo Mayer
36.0%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Jake Cronenworth
4.9%
Marcelo Mayer
6.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Jake Cronenworth
27.9%
Marcelo Mayer
29.2%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Jake Cronenworth
10.3%
Marcelo Mayer
13.3%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Jake Cronenworth
.303
Marcelo Mayer
.259
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
05

The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · batting average
AVGhigher is better
Jake Cronenworth
.200.260
lg AVG .295
now .144
.226
Marcelo Mayer
.200.260
lg AVG .295
now .224
.206

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Jake Cronenworth
53.20
now 1
2
Marcelo Mayer
53.20
now 2
2
Runshigher is better
Jake Cronenworth
2019.20
now 13
14
Marcelo Mayer
2019.20
now 16
12
RBIhigher is better
Jake Cronenworth
2016.60
now 4
4
Marcelo Mayer
2016.60
now 13
10
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Jake Cronenworth
.0004.20
now 1
1
Marcelo Mayer
.0004.20
now 3
2
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans sellJake Cronenworth — hold.conf 0.60
SellMarcelo Mayer — sell.conf 0.66
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