MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 1, 2026
Portrait of Jordan Walker
Jordan Walker
STL · RF
Change to
Portrait of Ronald Acuña Jr.
Ronald Acuña Jr.
ATL · RF
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Jordan Walker.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Jordan Walker wins 3 categories (R, RBI, AVG); Ronald Acuña Jr. wins 2 (HR, SB).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Jordan Walker
93.2
Ronald Acuña Jr.
90.4
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Jordan Walker
49.0%
Ronald Acuña Jr.
44.2%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Jordan Walker
13.6%
Ronald Acuña Jr.
14.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Jordan Walker
35.2%
Ronald Acuña Jr.
25.5%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Jordan Walker
15.8%
Ronald Acuña Jr.
13.5%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Jordan Walker
.360
Ronald Acuña Jr.
.379
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
Jordan Walker
.220.300
lg AVG .295
now .284
.251
Ronald Acuña Jr.
.220.300
lg AVG .295
now .253
.240

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Jordan Walker
519.40
now 15
4
Ronald Acuña Jr.
519.40
now 7
5
Runshigher is better
Jordan Walker
2046.60
now 39
25
Ronald Acuña Jr.
2046.60
now 27
20
RBIhigher is better
Jordan Walker
2054.20
now 43
27
Ronald Acuña Jr.
2054.20
now 21
15
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Jordan Walker
.80015.20
now 7
4
Ronald Acuña Jr.
.80015.20
now 12
9
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyJordan Walker — buy.conf 0.69
BuyRonald Acuña Jr. — buy.conf 0.73
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