MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 5, 2026
Portrait of Justin Crawford
Justin Crawford
PHI · CF
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Portrait of Victor Mesa Jr.
Victor Mesa Jr.
TB · RF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Victor Mesa Jr..

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Victor Mesa Jr. wins 3 categories (HR, R, RBI); Justin Crawford wins 2 (SB, AVG).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Justin Crawford
86.9
Victor Mesa Jr.
87.8
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Justin Crawford
34.4%
Victor Mesa Jr.
37.7%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Justin Crawford
1.0%
Victor Mesa Jr.
9.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Justin Crawford
39.1%
Victor Mesa Jr.
33.5%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Justin Crawford
10.5%
Victor Mesa Jr.
13.8%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Justin Crawford
.272
Victor Mesa Jr.
.317
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
.200.250
lg AVG .295
now .234
.242
Victor Mesa Jr.
.200.250
lg AVG .295
now .211
.213

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Justin Crawford
56.60
now 2
2
Victor Mesa Jr.
56.60
now 1
5
Runshigher is better
Justin Crawford
2031
now 14
16
Victor Mesa Jr.
2031
now 3
23
RBIhigher is better
Justin Crawford
2031
now 12
14
Victor Mesa Jr.
2031
now 3
23
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Justin Crawford
.00011.20
now 7
8
Victor Mesa Jr.
.00011.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
SellJustin Crawford — sell.conf 0.64
Hold · wait & seeVictor Mesa Jr. — hold.conf 0.50
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