MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 18, 2026
Portrait of Jonathan Aranda
Jonathan Aranda
TB · 1B
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Portrait of Yordan Alvarez
Yordan Alvarez
HOU · DH
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Yordan Alvarez.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Yordan Alvarez wins 4 categories (HR, R, SB, AVG); Jonathan Aranda wins 1 (RBI).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Jonathan Aranda
91.1
Yordan Alvarez
94.7
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Jonathan Aranda
45.3%
Yordan Alvarez
53.2%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Jonathan Aranda
10.4%
Yordan Alvarez
18.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Jonathan Aranda
27.9%
Yordan Alvarez
27.2%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Jonathan Aranda
9.9%
Yordan Alvarez
8.5%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Jonathan Aranda
.372
Yordan Alvarez
.474
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
Jonathan Aranda
.240.320
lg AVG .295
now .283
.255
Yordan Alvarez
.240.320
lg AVG .295
now .301
.294

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Jonathan Aranda
525.60
now 11
6
Yordan Alvarez
525.60
now 20
9
Runshigher is better
Jonathan Aranda
22.2043.80
now 34
27
Yordan Alvarez
22.2043.80
now 39
30
RBIhigher is better
Jonathan Aranda
24.8048.20
now 43
34
Yordan Alvarez
24.8048.20
now 39
30
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Jonathan Aranda
.0002.20
now 0
0
Yordan Alvarez
.0002.20
now 1
1
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyJonathan Aranda — buy.conf 0.71
BuyYordan Alvarez — buy.conf 0.92
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