MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 4, 2026
Portrait of James Outman
James Outman
DET · CF
Change to
Kerry Carpenter
DET · RF
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Kerry Carpenter.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Kerry Carpenter wins 3 categories (HR, RBI, AVG); James Outman wins 2 (R, SB).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
James Outman
86.4
Kerry Carpenter
89.8
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
James Outman
37.6%
Kerry Carpenter
44.0%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
James Outman
7.1%
Kerry Carpenter
9.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
James Outman
30.4%
Kerry Carpenter
36.3%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
James Outman
21.6%
Kerry Carpenter
14.4%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
James Outman
.222
Kerry Carpenter
.295
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
James Outman
.200.270
lg AVG .295
now .161
.169
Kerry Carpenter
.200.270
lg AVG .295
now .239
.174

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
James Outman
59.80
now 0
2
Kerry Carpenter
59.80
now 7
3
Runshigher is better
James Outman
2015.20
now 9
12
Kerry Carpenter
2015.20
now 12
11
RBIhigher is better
James Outman
2025.40
now 3
4
Kerry Carpenter
2025.40
now 19
18
Stolen Baseshigher is better
James Outman
.0008.40
now 4
6
Kerry Carpenter
.0008.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
SellJames Outman — sell.conf 0.74
SellKerry Carpenter — sell.conf 0.59
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