MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 8, 2026
Portrait of Justin Crawford
Justin Crawford
PHI · CF
Change to
Portrait of Ryan Vilade
Ryan Vilade
TB · RF
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22, 1 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Justin Crawford wins 2 (SB, AVG); Ryan Vilade wins 2 (R, RBI); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Justin Crawford
86.7
Ryan Vilade
88.6
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Justin Crawford
33.5%
Ryan Vilade
37.4%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Justin Crawford
1.2%
Ryan Vilade
6.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Justin Crawford
38.4%
Ryan Vilade
27.7%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Justin Crawford
10.3%
Ryan Vilade
10.8%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Justin Crawford
.277
Ryan Vilade
.310
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
05

The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · batting average
AVGhigher is better
Justin Crawford
.200.300
lg AVG .295
now .234
.250
Ryan Vilade
.200.300
lg AVG .295
now .278
.224

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Justin Crawford
54.20
now 2
1
Ryan Vilade
54.20
now 3
1
Runshigher is better
Justin Crawford
2017.20
now 14
9
Ryan Vilade
2017.20
now 9
10
RBIhigher is better
Justin Crawford
2027.60
now 12
8
Ryan Vilade
2027.60
now 20
22
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Justin Crawford
.0009
now 7
5
Ryan Vilade
.0009
now 2
2
If you already own them — trade angle
SellJustin Crawford — sell.conf 0.63
Hold · steadyRyan Vilade — hold.conf 0.60
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