MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Juan Soto
Juan Soto
NYM · LF
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Portrait of Mike Trout
Mike Trout
LAA · CF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Juan Soto.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Juan Soto wins 3 categories (RBI, SB, AVG); Mike Trout wins 2 (HR, R).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Juan Soto
92.6
Mike Trout
90.8
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Juan Soto
48.7%
Mike Trout
49.0%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Juan Soto
14.8%
Mike Trout
19.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Juan Soto
19.9%
Mike Trout
20.0%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Juan Soto
7.6%
Mike Trout
9.1%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Juan Soto
.432
Mike Trout
.408
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
Juan Soto
.210.320
lg AVG .295
now .297
.273
Mike Trout
.210.320
lg AVG .295
now .242
.236

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Juan Soto
5.6016.40
now 13
8
Mike Trout
5.6016.40
now 14
9
Runshigher is better
Juan Soto
2052.60
now 27
26
Mike Trout
2052.60
now 45
33
RBIhigher is better
Juan Soto
2034.20
now 29
28
Mike Trout
2034.20
now 31
23
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Juan Soto
2.806.20
now 5
5
Mike Trout
2.806.20
now 5
4
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyJuan Soto — buy.conf 0.83
BuyMike Trout — buy.conf 0.79
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