MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 18, 2026
Portrait of James Wood
James Wood
WSH · RF
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Portrait of Juan Soto
Juan Soto
NYM · 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, and steals.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

James Wood wins 3 categories (HR, R, SB); Juan Soto 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
Juan Soto
92.6
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
James Wood
59.9%
Juan Soto
48.7%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
James Wood
22.7%
Juan Soto
14.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
James Wood
22.0%
Juan Soto
19.9%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
James Wood
11.7%
Juan Soto
7.6%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
James Wood
.437
Juan Soto
.432
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
.240.310
lg AVG .295
now .272
.258
Juan Soto
.240.310
lg AVG .295
now .297
.274

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
James Wood
519.20
now 16
11
Juan Soto
519.20
now 13
8
Runshigher is better
James Wood
2063.40
now 53
39
Juan Soto
2063.40
now 27
27
RBIhigher is better
James Wood
23.6043.40
now 39
28
Juan Soto
23.6043.40
now 29
29
Stolen Baseshigher is better
James Wood
312
now 10
7
Juan Soto
312
now 5
5
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyJames Wood — buy.conf 0.84
BuyJuan Soto — buy.conf 0.83
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