MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of JJ Wetherholt
JJ Wetherholt
STL · 2B
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Portrait of Xavier Edwards
Xavier Edwards
MIA · 2B
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Xavier Edwards.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

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

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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
Xavier Edwards
87.0
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
JJ Wetherholt
45.5%
Xavier Edwards
29.0%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
JJ Wetherholt
7.5%
Xavier Edwards
4.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
JJ Wetherholt
22.5%
Xavier Edwards
23.1%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
JJ Wetherholt
8.8%
Xavier Edwards
6.2%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
JJ Wetherholt
.354
Xavier Edwards
.326
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
.210.340
lg AVG .295
now .245
.242
Xavier Edwards
.210.340
lg AVG .295
now .313
.268

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
JJ Wetherholt
511.80
now 9
4
Xavier Edwards
511.80
now 6
2
Runshigher is better
JJ Wetherholt
25.6045.40
now 39
30
Xavier Edwards
25.6045.40
now 41
31
RBIhigher is better
JJ Wetherholt
2029
now 25
19
Xavier Edwards
2029
now 20
15
Stolen Baseshigher is better
JJ Wetherholt
3.4010.60
now 7
5
Xavier Edwards
3.4010.60
now 9
7
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyJJ Wetherholt — buy.conf 0.68
Hold · leans buyXavier Edwards — hold.conf 0.60
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