MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 21, 2026
Joshua Kuroda-Grauer
ATH · 3B
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Portrait of Maikel Garcia
Maikel Garcia
KC · 3B
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Maikel Garcia.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Maikel Garcia wins 3 categories (HR, R, SB); Joshua Kuroda-Grauer 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
Joshua Kuroda-Grauer
88.9
Maikel Garcia
90.1
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Joshua Kuroda-Grauer
38.0%
Maikel Garcia
41.3%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Joshua Kuroda-Grauer
0.0%
Maikel Garcia
4.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Joshua Kuroda-Grauer
38.3%
Maikel Garcia
22.7%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Joshua Kuroda-Grauer
7.4%
Maikel Garcia
5.6%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Joshua Kuroda-Grauer
.311
Maikel Garcia
.316
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
Joshua Kuroda-Grauer
.200.480
lg AVG .295
now .429
.321
Maikel Garcia
.200.480
lg AVG .295
now .268
.267

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Joshua Kuroda-Grauer
54.20
now 0
1
Maikel Garcia
54.20
now 3
2
Runshigher is better
Joshua Kuroda-Grauer
2038.80
now 1
19
Maikel Garcia
2038.80
now 28
22
RBIhigher is better
Joshua Kuroda-Grauer
2029
now 1
19
Maikel Garcia
2029
now 21
16
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Joshua Kuroda-Grauer
.0005.60
now 0
0
Maikel Garcia
.0005.60
now 4
3
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighJoshua Kuroda-Grauer — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.81
Hold · steadyMaikel Garcia — hold.conf 0.60
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