MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 23, 2026
Portrait of Ketel Marte
Ketel Marte
AZ · 2B
Change to
Portrait of Richie Palacios
Richie Palacios
TB · 2B
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Ketel Marte.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Ketel Marte wins 4 categories (HR, R, RBI, AVG); Richie Palacios wins 1 (SB).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Ketel Marte
91.1
Richie Palacios
85.8
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Ketel Marte
44.7%
Richie Palacios
24.8%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Ketel Marte
10.5%
Richie Palacios
3.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Ketel Marte
31.8%
Richie Palacios
31.7%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Ketel Marte
10.0%
Richie Palacios
10.0%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Ketel Marte
.362
Richie Palacios
.306
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
Ketel Marte
.220.270
lg AVG .295
now .262
.262
Richie Palacios
.220.270
lg AVG .295
now .248
.230

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Ketel Marte
513.60
now 10
5
Richie Palacios
513.60
now 1
2
Runshigher is better
Ketel Marte
2041.80
now 35
26
Richie Palacios
2041.80
now 18
20
RBIhigher is better
Ketel Marte
2042.20
now 35
26
Richie Palacios
2042.20
now 17
19
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Ketel Marte
.00011.20
now 0
0
Richie Palacios
.00011.20
now 7
8
If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowKetel Marte — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.66
Hold · leans sellRichie Palacios — hold.conf 0.60
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