MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 6, 2026
Portrait of Jeff McNeil
Jeff McNeil
ATH · 2B
Change to
Jose Altuve
HOU · 2B
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22, 1 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Jeff McNeil wins 2 (RBI, AVG); Jose Altuve wins 2 (HR, R); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Jeff McNeil
86.4
Jose Altuve
85.5
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Jeff McNeil
32.1%
Jose Altuve
32.1%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Jeff McNeil
1.1%
Jose Altuve
5.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Jeff McNeil
33.6%
Jose Altuve
36.3%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Jeff McNeil
9.2%
Jose Altuve
10.5%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Jeff McNeil
.306
Jose Altuve
.275
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
Jeff McNeil
.200.270
lg AVG .295
now .251
.256
Jose Altuve
.200.270
lg AVG .295
now .246
.216

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Jeff McNeil
55.20
now 2
1
Jose Altuve
55.20
now 4
2
Runshigher is better
Jeff McNeil
2033.80
now 15
10
Jose Altuve
2033.80
now 27
19
RBIhigher is better
Jeff McNeil
2018.20
now 15
10
Jose Altuve
2018.20
now 12
9
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Jeff McNeil
.0002.20
now 1
1
Jose Altuve
.0002.20
now 1
1
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans sellJeff McNeil — hold.conf 0.60
SellJose Altuve — sell.conf 0.63
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