MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 9, 2026
Portrait of Jazz Chisholm Jr.
Jazz Chisholm Jr.
NYY · 2B
Change to
Portrait of Richie Palacios
Richie Palacios
TB · 2B
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Richie Palacios.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Richie Palacios wins 3 categories (R, RBI, AVG); Jazz Chisholm Jr. wins 2 (HR, SB).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Jazz Chisholm Jr.
90.7
Richie Palacios
86.1
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Jazz Chisholm Jr.
41.0%
Richie Palacios
25.5%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Jazz Chisholm Jr.
8.8%
Richie Palacios
3.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Jazz Chisholm Jr.
28.9%
Richie Palacios
32.0%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Jazz Chisholm Jr.
14.1%
Richie Palacios
10.2%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Jazz Chisholm Jr.
.292
Richie Palacios
.312
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
05

The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · batting average
AVGhigher is better
Jazz Chisholm Jr.
.200.260
lg AVG .295
now .239
.208
Richie Palacios
.200.260
lg AVG .295
now .248
.241

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Jazz Chisholm Jr.
58
now 6
6
Richie Palacios
58
now 1
2
Runshigher is better
Jazz Chisholm Jr.
2028.20
now 25
24
Richie Palacios
2028.20
now 18
25
RBIhigher is better
Jazz Chisholm Jr.
2027.20
now 20
19
Richie Palacios
2027.20
now 17
24
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Jazz Chisholm Jr.
4.2016.80
now 14
13
Richie Palacios
4.2016.80
now 7
10
If you already own them — trade angle
SellJazz Chisholm Jr. — sell.conf 0.60
Hold · steadyRichie Palacios — hold.conf 0.60
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