MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 4, 2026
Portrait of Jake Mangum
Jake Mangum
PIT · CF
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Portrait of Jo Adell
Jo Adell
CLE · RF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Jake Mangum.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — runs, steals, and average. Jo Adell’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Jake Mangum wins 3 categories (R, SB, AVG); Jo Adell wins 2 (HR, RBI).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Jake Mangum
85.1
Jo Adell
89.8
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Jake Mangum
25.7%
Jo Adell
44.2%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Jake Mangum
1.3%
Jo Adell
8.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Jake Mangum
46.6%
Jo Adell
36.5%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Jake Mangum
12.6%
Jo Adell
14.5%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Jake Mangum
.286
Jo Adell
.325
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 Mangum
.220.280
lg AVG .295
now .269
.259
Jo Adell
.220.280
lg AVG .295
now .236
.240

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Jake Mangum
512.20
now 1
1
Jo Adell
512.20
now 9
4
Runshigher is better
Jake Mangum
2026
now 16
15
Jo Adell
2026
now 22
12
RBIhigher is better
Jake Mangum
2044
now 9
9
Jo Adell
2044
now 34
19
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Jake Mangum
.00010.40
now 8
8
Jo Adell
.00010.40
now 3
2
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighJake Mangum — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.75
Hold · leans buyJo Adell — hold.conf 0.60
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