MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Jake McCarthy
Jake McCarthy
COL · CF
Change to
Ryan O'Hearn
PIT · RF
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Ryan O'Hearn.

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

Ryan O'Hearn wins 3 categories (HR, R, RBI); Jake McCarthy wins 2 (SB, AVG).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Jake McCarthy
85.0
Ryan O'Hearn
89.7
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Jake McCarthy
25.5%
Ryan O'Hearn
44.9%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Jake McCarthy
6.0%
Ryan O'Hearn
8.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Jake McCarthy
34.8%
Ryan O'Hearn
32.2%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Jake McCarthy
12.4%
Ryan O'Hearn
10.0%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Jake McCarthy
.314
Ryan O'Hearn
.333
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
.230.310
lg AVG .295
now .288
.253
Ryan O'Hearn
.230.310
lg AVG .295
now .294
.249

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Jake McCarthy
510.40
now 4
2
Ryan O'Hearn
510.40
now 8
4
Runshigher is better
Jake McCarthy
2031.20
now 20
20
Ryan O'Hearn
2031.20
now 28
27
RBIhigher is better
Jake McCarthy
21.8033.20
now 25
25
Ryan O'Hearn
21.8033.20
now 30
29
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Jake McCarthy
.00013.60
now 10
10
Ryan O'Hearn
.00013.60
now 1
1
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighJake McCarthy — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.79
BuyRyan O'Hearn — buy.conf 0.64
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