MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 23, 2026
Portrait of Joe Mack
Joe Mack
MIA · C
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Portrait of Victor Caratini
Victor Caratini
MIN · C
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Joe Mack.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Joe Mack wins 2 categories (R, AVG); Victor Caratini wins 1 (RBI); 2 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Joe Mack
88.8
Victor Caratini
89.6
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Joe Mack
37.9%
Victor Caratini
38.3%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Joe Mack
9.7%
Victor Caratini
7.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Joe Mack
26.8%
Victor Caratini
25.5%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Joe Mack
11.5%
Victor Caratini
9.1%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Joe Mack
.316
Victor Caratini
.334
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
Joe Mack
.200.260
lg AVG .295
now .209
.241
Victor Caratini
.200.260
lg AVG .295
now .190
.234

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Joe Mack
54.20
now 0
3
Victor Caratini
54.20
now 2
3
Runshigher is better
Joe Mack
2016.20
now 7
13
Victor Caratini
2016.20
now 9
9
RBIhigher is better
Joe Mack
2025.60
now 6
11
Victor Caratini
2025.60
now 20
19
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Joe Mack
.0001.20
now 0
0
Victor Caratini
.0001.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyJoe Mack — hold.conf 0.60
BuyVictor Caratini — buy.conf 0.64
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