MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 1, 2026
Portrait of Jake McCarthy
Jake McCarthy
COL · CF
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Portrait of Jo Adell
Jo Adell
LAA · RF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Jake McCarthy.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — runs, steals, and average. Jo Adell’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Jake McCarthy wins 3 categories (R, SB, AVG); Jo Adell 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 McCarthy
84.9
Jo Adell
89.7
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Jake McCarthy
25.2%
Jo Adell
43.6%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Jake McCarthy
5.2%
Jo Adell
8.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Jake McCarthy
37.6%
Jo Adell
36.8%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Jake McCarthy
13.1%
Jo Adell
14.4%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Jake McCarthy
.305
Jo Adell
.328
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
.220.310
lg AVG .295
now .288
.252
Jo Adell
.220.310
lg AVG .295
now .236
.243

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Jake McCarthy
512.20
now 4
1
Jo Adell
512.20
now 9
4
Runshigher is better
Jake McCarthy
2025.60
now 20
16
Jo Adell
2025.60
now 22
13
RBIhigher is better
Jake McCarthy
2039.60
now 25
20
Jo Adell
2039.60
now 34
21
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Jake McCarthy
.00013.20
now 10
8
Jo Adell
.00013.20
now 3
2
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighJake McCarthy — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.77
Hold · leans buyJo Adell — hold.conf 0.60
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