MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 23, 2026
Jose Altuve
HOU · 2B
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Portrait of Marcus Semien
Marcus Semien
NYM · 2B
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Marcus Semien.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Marcus Semien wins 3 categories (RBI, SB, AVG); Jose Altuve wins 1 (R); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Jose Altuve
85.6
Marcus Semien
86.2
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Jose Altuve
32.5%
Marcus Semien
35.2%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Jose Altuve
6.0%
Marcus Semien
7.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Jose Altuve
36.2%
Marcus Semien
29.7%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Jose Altuve
11.0%
Marcus Semien
12.0%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Jose Altuve
.281
Marcus Semien
.307
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
Jose Altuve
.200.260
lg AVG .295
now .246
.216
Marcus Semien
.200.260
lg AVG .295
now .228
.227

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Jose Altuve
57.20
now 4
3
Marcus Semien
57.20
now 6
3
Runshigher is better
Jose Altuve
2031
now 27
25
Marcus Semien
2031
now 23
17
RBIhigher is better
Jose Altuve
2027.80
now 12
11
Marcus Semien
2027.80
now 23
17
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Jose Altuve
.0006.60
now 1
1
Marcus Semien
.0006.60
now 5
4
If you already own them — trade angle
SellJose Altuve — sell.conf 0.62
Hold · leans sellMarcus Semien — hold.conf 0.60
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