MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 11, 2026
Portrait of Jake McCarthy
Jake McCarthy
COL · LF
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Portrait of Wade Meckler
Wade Meckler
LAA · LF
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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 and average.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Jake McCarthy wins 2 categories (R, AVG); Wade Meckler wins 1 (RBI); 2 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Jake McCarthy
85.5
Wade Meckler
86.8
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Jake McCarthy
28.8%
Wade Meckler
33.5%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Jake McCarthy
5.2%
Wade Meckler
3.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Jake McCarthy
38.1%
Wade Meckler
23.2%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Jake McCarthy
12.3%
Wade Meckler
9.7%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Jake McCarthy
.322
Wade Meckler
.315
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
.259
Wade Meckler
.220.310
lg AVG .295
now .286
.238

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Jake McCarthy
55.60
now 4
0
Wade Meckler
55.60
now 2
0
Runshigher is better
Jake McCarthy
2026.80
now 20
4
Wade Meckler
2026.80
now 3
3
RBIhigher is better
Jake McCarthy
2033
now 25
5
Wade Meckler
2033
now 8
8
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Jake McCarthy
.00013.20
now 10
2
Wade Meckler
.00013.20
now 2
2
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighJake McCarthy — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.72
Hold · steadyWade Meckler — hold.conf 0.60
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