MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Justin Crawford
Justin Crawford
PHI · CF
Change to
Portrait of Sal Frelick
Sal Frelick
MIL · 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); Sal Frelick 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
Sal Frelick
85.9
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Justin Crawford
33.5%
Sal Frelick
27.8%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Justin Crawford
0.9%
Sal Frelick
2.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Justin Crawford
38.8%
Sal Frelick
23.8%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Justin Crawford
10.3%
Sal Frelick
4.6%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Justin Crawford
.278
Sal Frelick
.281
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
Justin Crawford
.210.260
lg AVG .295
now .234
.250
Sal Frelick
.210.260
lg AVG .295
now .219
.229

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Justin Crawford
54.20
now 2
1
Sal Frelick
54.20
now 3
1
Runshigher is better
Justin Crawford
2027
now 14
13
Sal Frelick
2027
now 23
20
RBIhigher is better
Justin Crawford
2022.20
now 12
11
Sal Frelick
2022.20
now 19
17
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Justin Crawford
2.808.20
now 7
7
Sal Frelick
2.808.20
now 4
4
If you already own them — trade angle
SellJustin Crawford — sell.conf 0.62
SellSal Frelick — sell.conf 0.62
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