MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 8, 2026
Portrait of Jake Meyers
Jake Meyers
HOU · CF
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Portrait of TJ Friedl
TJ Friedl
CIN · CF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Jake Meyers.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Jake Meyers wins 2 categories (RBI, AVG); TJ Friedl wins 1 (SB); 2 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Jake Meyers
85.7
TJ Friedl
87.5
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Jake Meyers
28.0%
TJ Friedl
27.8%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Jake Meyers
6.5%
TJ Friedl
2.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Jake Meyers
32.8%
TJ Friedl
25.5%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Jake Meyers
11.3%
TJ Friedl
11.0%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Jake Meyers
.255
TJ Friedl
.236
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 Meyers
.200.260
lg AVG .295
now .236
.195
TJ Friedl
.200.260
lg AVG .295
now .181
.171

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Jake Meyers
53.20
now 2
1
TJ Friedl
53.20
now 2
1
Runshigher is better
Jake Meyers
2018.20
now 8
10
TJ Friedl
2018.20
now 15
10
RBIhigher is better
Jake Meyers
2012.20
now 7
9
TJ Friedl
2012.20
now 8
6
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Jake Meyers
.0006.60
now 1
1
TJ Friedl
.0006.60
now 5
3
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeJake Meyers — hold.conf 0.50
SellTJ Friedl — sell.conf 0.71
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