MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 3, 2026
Jonny DeLuca
TB · RF
Change to
Portrait of Taylor Ward
Taylor Ward
BAL · LF
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22, 1 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Jonny DeLuca wins 2 (RBI, SB); Taylor Ward wins 2 (HR, R); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Jonny DeLuca
85.3
Taylor Ward
89.1
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Jonny DeLuca
30.1%
Taylor Ward
38.8%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Jonny DeLuca
4.3%
Taylor Ward
5.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Jonny DeLuca
35.3%
Taylor Ward
14.3%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Jonny DeLuca
14.1%
Taylor Ward
6.5%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Jonny DeLuca
.285
Taylor Ward
.346
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
05

The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · batting average
AVGhigher is better
Jonny DeLuca
.230.280
lg AVG .295
now .269
.244
Taylor Ward
.230.280
lg AVG .295
now .248
.245

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Jonny DeLuca
54.20
now 2
1
Taylor Ward
54.20
now 2
3
Runshigher is better
Jonny DeLuca
2044
now 17
16
Taylor Ward
2044
now 36
20
RBIhigher is better
Jonny DeLuca
2022.60
now 19
18
Taylor Ward
2022.60
now 17
10
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Jonny DeLuca
.0008
now 6
6
Taylor Ward
.0008
now 2
1
If you already own them — trade angle
SellJonny DeLuca — sell.conf 0.61
BuyTaylor Ward — buy.conf 0.66
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