MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 5, 2026
Portrait of José Fermín
José Fermín
STL · LF
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Noelvi Marte
CIN · RF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Noelvi Marte.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Noelvi Marte wins 3 categories (HR, R, SB); José Fermín wins 2 (RBI, AVG).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
José Fermín
86.6
Noelvi Marte
88.2
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
José Fermín
32.2%
Noelvi Marte
32.0%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
José Fermín
2.3%
Noelvi Marte
5.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
José Fermín
22.6%
Noelvi Marte
41.0%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
José Fermín
5.7%
Noelvi Marte
14.0%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
José Fermín
.292
Noelvi Marte
.252
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 Fermín
.200.250
lg AVG .295
now .217
.221
Noelvi Marte
.200.250
lg AVG .295
now .138
.199

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
José Fermín
53.20
now 2
0
Noelvi Marte
53.20
now 0
2
Runshigher is better
José Fermín
209.20
now 4
5
Noelvi Marte
209.20
now 2
6
RBIhigher is better
José Fermín
2016.80
now 9
12
Noelvi Marte
2016.80
now 0
0
Stolen Baseshigher is better
José Fermín
.0004.20
now 0
0
Noelvi Marte
.0004.20
now 1
3
If you already own them — trade angle
SellJosé Fermín — sell.conf 0.60
SellNoelvi Marte — sell.conf 0.68
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