MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 22, 2026
Portrait of Jakob Marsee
Jakob Marsee
MIA · CF
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Portrait of Taylor Ward
Taylor Ward
BAL · LF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Taylor Ward.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — home runs, runs, and average.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Taylor Ward wins 3 categories (HR, R, AVG); Jakob Marsee wins 1 (SB); 1 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Jakob Marsee
86.7
Taylor Ward
89.3
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Jakob Marsee
33.5%
Taylor Ward
38.2%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Jakob Marsee
3.2%
Taylor Ward
5.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Jakob Marsee
23.4%
Taylor Ward
14.2%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Jakob Marsee
7.7%
Taylor Ward
6.5%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Jakob Marsee
.299
Taylor Ward
.347
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
.200.270
lg AVG .295
now .194
.202
Taylor Ward
.200.270
lg AVG .295
now .248
.249

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Jakob Marsee
55.20
now 3
3
Taylor Ward
55.20
now 2
4
Runshigher is better
Jakob Marsee
2040.80
now 33
24
Taylor Ward
2040.80
now 36
26
RBIhigher is better
Jakob Marsee
2020.20
now 16
12
Taylor Ward
2020.20
now 17
12
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Jakob Marsee
.00019.20
now 14
10
Taylor Ward
.00019.20
now 2
1
If you already own them — trade angle
SellJakob Marsee — sell.conf 0.58
BuyTaylor Ward — buy.conf 0.66
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