MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Josh Jung
Josh Jung
TEX · 3B
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Portrait of Nick Gonzales
Nick Gonzales
PIT · 3B
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Nick Gonzales.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Nick Gonzales wins 3 categories (RBI, SB, AVG); Josh Jung wins 1 (HR); 1 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Josh Jung
90.6
Nick Gonzales
85.8
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Josh Jung
48.9%
Nick Gonzales
35.9%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Josh Jung
6.6%
Nick Gonzales
2.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Josh Jung
28.8%
Nick Gonzales
31.7%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Josh Jung
8.7%
Nick Gonzales
12.8%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Josh Jung
.348
Nick Gonzales
.327
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
Josh Jung
.270.320
lg AVG .295
now .310
.284
Nick Gonzales
.270.320
lg AVG .295
now .303
.291

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Josh Jung
59.40
now 7
4
Nick Gonzales
59.40
now 1
2
Runshigher is better
Josh Jung
2031.20
now 28
23
Nick Gonzales
2031.20
now 27
23
RBIhigher is better
Josh Jung
2029.20
now 25
20
Nick Gonzales
2029.20
now 26
22
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Josh Jung
.0004.20
now 1
1
Nick Gonzales
.0004.20
now 3
3
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyJosh Jung — buy.conf 0.67
Hold · leans buyNick Gonzales — hold.conf 0.60
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