MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 11, 2026
Portrait of Jake McCarthy
Jake McCarthy
COL · LF
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Portrait of JJ Bleday
JJ Bleday
CIN · LF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

JJ Bleday.

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

JJ Bleday wins 3 categories (HR, R, RBI); Jake McCarthy 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 McCarthy
85.5
JJ Bleday
88.3
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Jake McCarthy
28.8%
JJ Bleday
39.5%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Jake McCarthy
5.2%
JJ Bleday
10.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Jake McCarthy
38.1%
JJ Bleday
23.2%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Jake McCarthy
12.3%
JJ Bleday
12.5%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Jake McCarthy
.322
JJ Bleday
.342
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
.200.340
lg AVG .295
now .288
.259
JJ Bleday
.200.340
lg AVG .295
now .301
.195

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Jake McCarthy
514
now 4
0
JJ Bleday
514
now 10
1
Runshigher is better
Jake McCarthy
2026.40
now 20
4
JJ Bleday
2026.40
now 19
5
RBIhigher is better
Jake McCarthy
2035.80
now 25
5
JJ Bleday
2035.80
now 27
8
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Jake McCarthy
.00014
now 10
2
JJ Bleday
.00014
now 1
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighJake McCarthy — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.72
BuyJJ Bleday — buy.conf 0.65
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