MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 4, 2026
Portrait of Jared Young
Jared Young
NYM · 1B
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Pavin Smith
AZ · DH
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Jared Young.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Jared Young wins 3 categories (HR, R, AVG); Pavin Smith wins 1 (RBI); 1 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Jared Young
90.2
Pavin Smith
85.4
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Jared Young
48.8%
Pavin Smith
29.6%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Jared Young
12.8%
Pavin Smith
3.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Jared Young
26.9%
Pavin Smith
23.0%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Jared Young
12.3%
Pavin Smith
6.9%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Jared Young
.324
Pavin Smith
.261
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
Jared Young
.200.380
lg AVG .295
now .306
.210
Pavin Smith
.200.380
lg AVG .295
now .125
.186

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Jared Young
57
now 2
5
Pavin Smith
57
now 0
4
Runshigher is better
Jared Young
2036
now 7
26
Pavin Smith
2036
now 1
16
RBIhigher is better
Jared Young
2022
now 4
15
Pavin Smith
2022
now 1
16
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Jared Young
.0001.20
now 0
0
Pavin Smith
.0001.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeJared Young — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seePavin Smith — hold.conf 0.50
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