MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Jake McCarthy
Jake McCarthy
COL · LF
Change to
Max Clark
DET · CF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22, 1 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Jake McCarthy wins 2 (SB, AVG); Max Clark wins 2 (R, RBI); 1 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Jake McCarthy
85.6
Max Clark
87.3
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Jake McCarthy
28.7%
Max Clark
39.4%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Jake McCarthy
5.3%
Max Clark
1.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Jake McCarthy
38.1%
Max Clark
32.7%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Jake McCarthy
12.4%
Max Clark
8.3%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Jake McCarthy
.322
Max Clark
.307
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
.200.480
lg AVG .295
now .288
.259
Max Clark
.200.480
lg AVG .295
now .500
.207

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Jake McCarthy
55.60
now 4
0
Max Clark
55.60
now 1
0
Runshigher is better
Jake McCarthy
2026.40
now 20
5
Max Clark
2026.40
now 4
10
RBIhigher is better
Jake McCarthy
2033.80
now 25
6
Max Clark
2033.80
now 3
8
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Jake McCarthy
.00014
now 10
2
Max Clark
.00014
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighJake McCarthy — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.73
Hold · wait & seeMax Clark — hold.conf 0.50
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