MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 20, 2026
Portrait of Jake Mangum
Jake Mangum
PIT · CF
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Portrait of Taylor Ward
Taylor Ward
BAL · LF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Taylor Ward.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — home runs, runs, and RBI.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

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

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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
Taylor Ward
89.4
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Jake Mangum
27.1%
Taylor Ward
38.7%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Jake Mangum
1.5%
Taylor Ward
5.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Jake Mangum
47.8%
Taylor Ward
14.2%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Jake Mangum
12.5%
Taylor Ward
6.6%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Jake Mangum
.286
Taylor Ward
.347
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
.256
Taylor Ward
.240.280
lg AVG .295
now .248
.251

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Jake Mangum
55.20
now 1
1
Taylor Ward
55.20
now 2
4
Runshigher is better
Jake Mangum
2044
now 16
20
Taylor Ward
2044
now 36
26
RBIhigher is better
Jake Mangum
2020.20
now 9
11
Taylor Ward
2020.20
now 17
12
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Jake Mangum
.00013.60
now 8
10
Taylor Ward
.00013.60
now 2
1
If you already own them — trade angle
SellJake Mangum — sell.conf 0.61
BuyTaylor Ward — buy.conf 0.66
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