MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 11, 2026
Portrait of Jake Mangum
Jake Mangum
PIT · CF
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Portrait of Ryan Vilade
Ryan Vilade
TB · 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. Ryan Vilade’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); Ryan Vilade wins 1 (RBI); 1 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Jake Mangum
85.4
Ryan Vilade
89.9
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Jake Mangum
26.5%
Ryan Vilade
40.4%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Jake Mangum
1.9%
Ryan Vilade
7.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Jake Mangum
45.6%
Ryan Vilade
27.5%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Jake Mangum
12.2%
Ryan Vilade
11.3%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Jake Mangum
.284
Ryan Vilade
.335
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
.220.290
lg AVG .295
now .269
.253
Ryan Vilade
.220.290
lg AVG .295
now .278
.239

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Jake Mangum
54.20
now 1
0
Ryan Vilade
54.20
now 3
0
Runshigher is better
Jake Mangum
2021.20
now 16
4
Ryan Vilade
2021.20
now 9
3
RBIhigher is better
Jake Mangum
2027.20
now 9
2
Ryan Vilade
2027.20
now 20
7
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Jake Mangum
.00010.80
now 8
2
Ryan Vilade
.00010.80
now 2
1
If you already own them — trade angle
SellJake Mangum — sell.conf 0.61
BuyRyan Vilade — buy.conf 0.64
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