MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 2, 2026
Portrait of Jakob Marsee
Jakob Marsee
MIA · CF
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Portrait of Max Schuemann
Max Schuemann
NYY · LF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Max Schuemann.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Max Schuemann wins 3 categories (R, RBI, AVG); Jakob Marsee wins 2 (HR, SB).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Jakob Marsee
86.9
Max Schuemann
89.8
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Jakob Marsee
33.1%
Max Schuemann
42.9%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Jakob Marsee
3.7%
Max Schuemann
10.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Jakob Marsee
23.4%
Max Schuemann
21.9%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Jakob Marsee
7.7%
Max Schuemann
11.8%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Jakob Marsee
.297
Max Schuemann
.322
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
.200.330
lg AVG .295
now .194
.200
Max Schuemann
.200.330
lg AVG .295
now .294
.202

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Jakob Marsee
54.20
now 3
2
Max Schuemann
54.20
now 0
1
Runshigher is better
Jakob Marsee
2043.40
now 33
20
Max Schuemann
2043.40
now 7
26
RBIhigher is better
Jakob Marsee
2021.20
now 16
10
Max Schuemann
2021.20
now 3
11
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Jakob Marsee
.00018.80
now 14
8
Max Schuemann
.00018.80
now 2
7
If you already own them — trade angle
SellJakob Marsee — sell.conf 0.59
Hold · wait & seeMax Schuemann — hold.conf 0.50
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