MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 29, 2026
Portrait of José Caballero
José Caballero
NYY · SS
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Portrait of Mookie Betts
Mookie Betts
LAD · SS
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Mookie Betts.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — home runs, runs, RBI, and average. José Caballero’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Mookie Betts wins 4 categories (HR, R, RBI, AVG); José Caballero wins 1 (SB).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
José Caballero
83.9
Mookie Betts
90.4
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
José Caballero
24.7%
Mookie Betts
38.6%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
José Caballero
3.5%
Mookie Betts
8.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
José Caballero
36.9%
Mookie Betts
19.0%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
José Caballero
13.7%
Mookie Betts
5.2%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
José Caballero
.266
Mookie Betts
.329
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
José Caballero
.200.290
lg AVG .295
now .263
.214
Mookie Betts
.200.290
lg AVG .295
now .196
.231

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
José Caballero
58
now 4
1
Mookie Betts
58
now 6
3
Runshigher is better
José Caballero
2023.20
now 20
17
Mookie Betts
2023.20
now 14
18
RBIhigher is better
José Caballero
2024.20
now 15
13
Mookie Betts
2024.20
now 16
21
Stolen Baseshigher is better
José Caballero
.00019.60
now 14
12
Mookie Betts
.00019.60
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
SellJosé Caballero — sell.conf 0.65
Hold · leans buyMookie Betts — hold.conf 0.60
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