MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 8, 2026
Portrait of James Wood
James Wood
WSH · RF
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Lars Nootbaar
STL · 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, steals, and average.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

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

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
James Wood
95.2
Lars Nootbaar
92.3
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
James Wood
60.1%
Lars Nootbaar
52.2%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
James Wood
22.8%
Lars Nootbaar
10.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
James Wood
22.4%
Lars Nootbaar
19.9%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
James Wood
11.9%
Lars Nootbaar
7.2%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
James Wood
.429
Lars Nootbaar
.352
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
.200.480
lg AVG .295
now .272
.256
Lars Nootbaar
.200.480
lg AVG .295
now .429
.229

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
James Wood
522
now 16
13
Lars Nootbaar
522
now 1
5
Runshigher is better
James Wood
2073.40
now 53
45
Lars Nootbaar
2073.40
now 2
41
RBIhigher is better
James Wood
2085.60
now 39
33
Lars Nootbaar
2085.60
now 3
62
Stolen Baseshigher is better
James Wood
.00014
now 10
9
Lars Nootbaar
.00014
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyJames Wood — buy.conf 0.83
Hold · wait & seeLars Nootbaar — hold.conf 0.50
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