MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 1, 2026
Portrait of JJ Wetherholt
JJ Wetherholt
STL · 2B
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Portrait of Nico Hoerner
Nico Hoerner
CHC · 2B
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Nico Hoerner.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

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

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
JJ Wetherholt
89.9
Nico Hoerner
86.0
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
JJ Wetherholt
44.7%
Nico Hoerner
28.2%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
JJ Wetherholt
7.2%
Nico Hoerner
0.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
JJ Wetherholt
22.4%
Nico Hoerner
31.6%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
JJ Wetherholt
9.1%
Nico Hoerner
5.4%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
JJ Wetherholt
.349
Nico Hoerner
.327
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
.220.280
lg AVG .295
now .245
.235
Nico Hoerner
.220.280
lg AVG .295
now .252
.269

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
JJ Wetherholt
512.60
now 9
3
Nico Hoerner
512.60
now 4
0
Runshigher is better
JJ Wetherholt
2049
now 39
24
Nico Hoerner
2049
now 24
14
RBIhigher is better
JJ Wetherholt
2040.20
now 25
15
Nico Hoerner
2040.20
now 33
20
Stolen Baseshigher is better
JJ Wetherholt
1.2013.80
now 7
4
Nico Hoerner
1.2013.80
now 11
7
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyJJ Wetherholt — buy.conf 0.67
Hold · leans buyNico Hoerner — hold.conf 0.60
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