MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Jakob Marsee
Jakob Marsee
MIA · CF
Change to
Portrait of Leody Taveras
Leody Taveras
BAL · CF
Change to
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

Jakob Marsee wins 2 (R, SB); Leody Taveras wins 2 (RBI, AVG); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Jakob Marsee
86.6
Leody Taveras
87.4
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Jakob Marsee
33.1%
Leody Taveras
30.0%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Jakob Marsee
3.2%
Leody Taveras
4.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Jakob Marsee
23.3%
Leody Taveras
30.6%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Jakob Marsee
7.5%
Leody Taveras
12.3%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Jakob Marsee
.300
Leody Taveras
.288
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
Jakob Marsee
.200.310
lg AVG .295
now .194
.202
Leody Taveras
.200.310
lg AVG .295
now .274
.222

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Jakob Marsee
54.20
now 3
3
Leody Taveras
54.20
now 2
3
Runshigher is better
Jakob Marsee
2037.40
now 33
25
Leody Taveras
2037.40
now 22
22
RBIhigher is better
Jakob Marsee
2026
now 16
12
Leody Taveras
2026
now 22
22
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Jakob Marsee
2.8017.20
now 14
11
Leody Taveras
2.8017.20
now 6
6
If you already own them — trade angle
SellJakob Marsee — sell.conf 0.58
SellLeody Taveras — sell.conf 0.60
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