MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 8, 2026
Portrait of Jake Mangum
Jake Mangum
PIT · CF
Change to
Luis Lara
MIL · RF
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Luis Lara.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Jake Mangum
85.5
Luis Lara
88.2
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Jake Mangum
27.4%
Luis Lara
37.0%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Jake Mangum
1.2%
Luis Lara
4.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Jake Mangum
46.3%
Luis Lara
20.7%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Jake Mangum
12.3%
Luis Lara
7.8%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Jake Mangum
.286
Luis Lara
.323
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
.240.280
lg AVG .295
now .269
.258
Luis Lara
.240.280
lg AVG .295
now .250
.266

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Jake Mangum
52.20
now 1
0
Luis Lara
52.20
now 0
1
Runshigher is better
Jake Mangum
2022
now 16
14
Luis Lara
2022
now 1
12
RBIhigher is better
Jake Mangum
2032.80
now 9
8
Luis Lara
2032.80
now 2
24
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Jake Mangum
.00011.20
now 8
7
Luis Lara
.00011.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
SellJake Mangum — sell.conf 0.61
Hold · wait & seeLuis Lara — hold.conf 0.50
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