MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Jake McCarthy
Jake McCarthy
COL · CF
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Portrait of James Wood
James Wood
WSH · RF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

James Wood.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

James Wood wins 4 categories (HR, R, RBI, AVG); Jake McCarthy wins 1 (SB).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Jake McCarthy
85.0
James Wood
95.0
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Jake McCarthy
25.5%
James Wood
60.1%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Jake McCarthy
6.0%
James Wood
22.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Jake McCarthy
34.8%
James Wood
22.3%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Jake McCarthy
12.4%
James Wood
11.7%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Jake McCarthy
.314
James Wood
.433
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 McCarthy
.240.300
lg AVG .295
now .288
.253
James Wood
.240.300
lg AVG .295
now .272
.256

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Jake McCarthy
521.60
now 4
2
James Wood
521.60
now 16
10
Runshigher is better
Jake McCarthy
2066.20
now 20
20
James Wood
2066.20
now 53
38
RBIhigher is better
Jake McCarthy
2044.60
now 25
25
James Wood
2044.60
now 39
28
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Jake McCarthy
5.8011.20
now 10
10
James Wood
5.8011.20
now 10
7
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighJake McCarthy — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.79
BuyJames Wood — buy.conf 0.84
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