MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 20, 2026
Portrait of Jake McCarthy
Jake McCarthy
COL · CF
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Portrait of Julio Rodríguez
Julio Rodríguez
SEA · CF
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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 — RBI, steals, and average. Julio Rodríguez’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 (RBI, SB, AVG); Julio Rodríguez wins 2 (HR, R).

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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
Julio Rodríguez
90.2
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Jake McCarthy
25.0%
Julio Rodríguez
44.2%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Jake McCarthy
5.8%
Julio Rodríguez
8.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Jake McCarthy
34.9%
Julio Rodríguez
39.3%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Jake McCarthy
12.4%
Julio Rodríguez
14.4%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Jake McCarthy
.312
Julio Rodríguez
.348
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
.230.300
lg AVG .295
now .288
.253
Julio Rodríguez
.230.300
lg AVG .295
now .259
.250

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Jake McCarthy
516
now 4
2
Julio Rodríguez
516
now 12
5
Runshigher is better
Jake McCarthy
2036.80
now 20
20
Julio Rodríguez
2036.80
now 32
23
RBIhigher is better
Jake McCarthy
2033.20
now 25
25
Julio Rodríguez
2033.20
now 30
22
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Jake McCarthy
1.6012.40
now 10
10
Julio Rodríguez
1.6012.40
now 5
4
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighJake McCarthy — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.80
BuyJulio Rodríguez — buy.conf 0.67
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