MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 15, 2026
Portrait of Jake Mangum
Jake Mangum
PIT · CF
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Portrait of Ryan Waldschmidt
Ryan Waldschmidt
AZ · CF
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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.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Jake Mangum wins 3 categories (R, SB, AVG); Ryan Waldschmidt 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
84.6
Ryan Waldschmidt
86.9
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Jake Mangum
27.2%
Ryan Waldschmidt
35.1%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Jake Mangum
1.6%
Ryan Waldschmidt
8.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Jake Mangum
47.2%
Ryan Waldschmidt
24.7%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Jake Mangum
12.3%
Ryan Waldschmidt
15.6%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Jake Mangum
.291
Ryan Waldschmidt
.282
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
.220.300
lg AVG .295
now .269
.261
Ryan Waldschmidt
.220.300
lg AVG .295
now .284
.238

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Jake Mangum
54.20
now 1
1
Ryan Waldschmidt
54.20
now 0
3
Runshigher is better
Jake Mangum
2026.80
now 16
22
Ryan Waldschmidt
2026.80
now 10
20
RBIhigher is better
Jake Mangum
2017.20
now 9
12
Ryan Waldschmidt
2017.20
now 7
14
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Jake Mangum
2.6013.40
now 8
11
Ryan Waldschmidt
2.6013.40
now 5
10
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighJake Mangum — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.76
Hold · wait & seeRyan Waldschmidt — hold.conf 0.50
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