MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 24, 2026
Portrait of José Fermín
José Fermín
STL · LF
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Portrait of Starling Marte
Starling Marte
KC · RF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Starling Marte.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Starling Marte wins 2 categories (HR, AVG); José Fermín wins 1 (RBI); 2 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
José Fermín
85.6
Starling Marte
89.2
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
José Fermín
30.6%
Starling Marte
38.4%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
José Fermín
2.0%
Starling Marte
10.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
José Fermín
23.3%
Starling Marte
35.7%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
José Fermín
5.8%
Starling Marte
15.0%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
José Fermín
.287
Starling Marte
.312
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
.200.280
lg AVG .295
now .217
.220
Starling Marte
.200.280
lg AVG .295
now .263
.257

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
José Fermín
53.20
now 2
0
Starling Marte
53.20
now 0
2
Runshigher is better
José Fermín
209.20
now 4
6
Starling Marte
209.20
now 3
6
RBIhigher is better
José Fermín
2020.20
now 9
15
Starling Marte
2020.20
now 2
4
Stolen Baseshigher is better
José Fermín
.0001.20
now 0
0
Starling Marte
.0001.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
SellJosé Fermín — sell.conf 0.61
Hold · wait & seeStarling Marte — hold.conf 0.50
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