MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 22, 2026
Portrait of Josh Naylor
Josh Naylor
SEA · 1B
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Portrait of Luis García Jr.
Luis García Jr.
WSH · 1B
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Luis García Jr..

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Luis García Jr. wins 4 categories (HR, R, RBI, AVG); Josh Naylor wins 1 (SB).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Josh Naylor
87.6
Luis García Jr.
91.8
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Josh Naylor
36.6%
Luis García Jr.
46.4%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Josh Naylor
4.7%
Luis García Jr.
10.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Josh Naylor
37.0%
Luis García Jr.
40.6%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Josh Naylor
9.6%
Luis García Jr.
10.6%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Josh Naylor
.319
Luis García Jr.
.355
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 Naylor
.240.290
lg AVG .295
now .254
.253
Luis García Jr.
.240.290
lg AVG .295
now .264
.276

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Josh Naylor
57.20
now 6
3
Luis García Jr.
57.20
now 5
4
Runshigher is better
Josh Naylor
2024.20
now 21
16
Luis García Jr.
2024.20
now 21
18
RBIhigher is better
Josh Naylor
2034.40
now 25
19
Luis García Jr.
2034.40
now 30
26
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Josh Naylor
.00016
now 12
9
Luis García Jr.
.00016
now 2
2
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyJosh Naylor — hold.conf 0.60
BuyLuis García Jr. — buy.conf 0.68
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