MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 7, 2026
Portrait of James Wood
James Wood
WSH · RF
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Portrait of Jarren Duran
Jarren Duran
BOS · LF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

James Wood.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

James Wood wins 4 categories (HR, R, RBI, AVG); Jarren Duran wins 1 (SB).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
James Wood
95.1
Jarren Duran
89.5
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
James Wood
57.6%
Jarren Duran
38.4%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
James Wood
20.8%
Jarren Duran
10.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
James Wood
21.7%
Jarren Duran
34.6%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
James Wood
11.6%
Jarren Duran
17.1%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
James Wood
.419
Jarren Duran
.299
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 Wood
.200.300
lg AVG .295
now .272
.244
Jarren Duran
.200.300
lg AVG .295
now .219
.205

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
James Wood
521.20
now 16
6
Jarren Duran
521.20
now 10
3
Runshigher is better
James Wood
2067.40
now 53
27
Jarren Duran
2067.40
now 29
17
RBIhigher is better
James Wood
2047
now 39
20
Jarren Duran
2047
now 33
19
Stolen Baseshigher is better
James Wood
312
now 10
5
Jarren Duran
312
now 10
6
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyJames Wood — buy.conf 0.81
SellJarren Duran — sell.conf 0.58
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