MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Jorge Polanco
NYM · DH
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Portrait of Masataka Yoshida
Masataka Yoshida
BOS · DH
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Masataka Yoshida.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Masataka Yoshida wins 4 categories (R, RBI, SB, AVG); Jorge Polanco wins 1 (HR).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Jorge Polanco
85.3
Masataka Yoshida
88.8
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Jorge Polanco
29.2%
Masataka Yoshida
38.5%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Jorge Polanco
2.8%
Masataka Yoshida
2.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Jorge Polanco
31.1%
Masataka Yoshida
28.8%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Jorge Polanco
10.4%
Masataka Yoshida
6.6%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Jorge Polanco
.235
Masataka Yoshida
.322
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
Jorge Polanco
.200.300
lg AVG .295
now .179
.199
Masataka Yoshida
.200.300
lg AVG .295
now .259
.264

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Jorge Polanco
54.20
now 1
3
Masataka Yoshida
54.20
now 1
1
Runshigher is better
Jorge Polanco
2017
now 3
7
Masataka Yoshida
2017
now 13
13
RBIhigher is better
Jorge Polanco
2013.20
now 2
4
Masataka Yoshida
2013.20
now 10
10
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Jorge Polanco
.0002.20
now 0
0
Masataka Yoshida
.0002.20
now 1
1
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeJorge Polanco — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · steadyMasataka Yoshida — hold.conf 0.60
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