MLB Daily DeltaWeek 14 · June 29, 2026
Jarred Kelenic
TEX · RF
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Portrait of TJ Friedl
TJ Friedl
CIN · CF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Jarred Kelenic.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — home runs, RBI, and average. TJ Friedl’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Jarred Kelenic wins 3 categories (HR, RBI, AVG); TJ Friedl wins 2 (R, SB).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Jarred Kelenic
93.8
TJ Friedl
88.2
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Jarred Kelenic
50.0%
TJ Friedl
28.6%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Jarred Kelenic
22.2%
TJ Friedl
2.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Jarred Kelenic
28.1%
TJ Friedl
27.8%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Jarred Kelenic
18.0%
TJ Friedl
11.8%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Jarred Kelenic
.346
TJ Friedl
.250
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
Jarred Kelenic
.200.250
lg AVG .295
now .222
.232
TJ Friedl
.200.250
lg AVG .295
now .181
.183

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Jarred Kelenic
56.60
now 1
5
TJ Friedl
56.60
now 2
2
Runshigher is better
Jarred Kelenic
2026.80
now 3
9
TJ Friedl
2026.80
now 15
20
RBIhigher is better
Jarred Kelenic
2015.20
now 4
12
TJ Friedl
2015.20
now 8
11
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Jarred Kelenic
.0009.80
now 0
0
TJ Friedl
.0009.80
now 5
7
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeJarred Kelenic — hold.conf 0.50
SellTJ Friedl — sell.conf 0.68
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