MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of JJ Wetherholt
JJ Wetherholt
STL · 2B
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Portrait of Ketel Marte
Ketel Marte
AZ · 2B
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Ketel Marte.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Ketel Marte wins 3 categories (HR, RBI, AVG); JJ Wetherholt wins 2 (R, SB).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
JJ Wetherholt
90.1
Ketel Marte
91.1
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
JJ Wetherholt
45.5%
Ketel Marte
45.1%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
JJ Wetherholt
7.5%
Ketel Marte
10.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
JJ Wetherholt
22.5%
Ketel Marte
32.2%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
JJ Wetherholt
8.8%
Ketel Marte
9.9%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
JJ Wetherholt
.354
Ketel Marte
.361
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
JJ Wetherholt
.230.280
lg AVG .295
now .245
.242
Ketel Marte
.230.280
lg AVG .295
now .262
.264

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
JJ Wetherholt
512.40
now 9
4
Ketel Marte
512.40
now 10
6
Runshigher is better
JJ Wetherholt
23.6043.40
now 39
30
Ketel Marte
23.6043.40
now 35
28
RBIhigher is better
JJ Wetherholt
2041.40
now 25
19
Ketel Marte
2041.40
now 35
28
Stolen Baseshigher is better
JJ Wetherholt
.0009.80
now 7
5
Ketel Marte
.0009.80
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyJJ Wetherholt — buy.conf 0.68
Buy LowKetel Marte — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.66
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