MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of James Wood
James Wood
WSH · RF
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Portrait of Jordan Walker
Jordan Walker
STL · RF
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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, and steals.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

James Wood wins 3 categories (HR, R, SB); Jordan Walker wins 2 (RBI, AVG).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
James Wood
95.0
Jordan Walker
94.1
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
James Wood
60.1%
Jordan Walker
51.3%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
James Wood
22.6%
Jordan Walker
14.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
James Wood
22.3%
Jordan Walker
35.0%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
James Wood
11.7%
Jordan Walker
16.0%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
James Wood
.433
Jordan Walker
.373
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
.240.300
lg AVG .295
now .272
.256
Jordan Walker
.240.300
lg AVG .295
now .284
.260

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
James Wood
520
now 16
10
Jordan Walker
520
now 15
6
Runshigher is better
James Wood
22.2061.80
now 53
38
Jordan Walker
22.2061.80
now 39
31
RBIhigher is better
James Wood
2249
now 39
28
Jordan Walker
2249
now 43
34
Stolen Baseshigher is better
James Wood
4.4011.60
now 10
7
Jordan Walker
4.4011.60
now 7
6
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyJames Wood — buy.conf 0.84
BuyJordan Walker — buy.conf 0.72
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