MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 7, 2026
Portrait of Leody Taveras
Leody Taveras
BAL · CF
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Portrait of Troy Johnston
Troy Johnston
COL · RF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Leody Taveras.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Leody Taveras wins 3 categories (HR, R, SB); Troy Johnston wins 1 (AVG); 1 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Leody Taveras
87.7
Troy Johnston
89.6
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Leody Taveras
31.1%
Troy Johnston
37.5%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Leody Taveras
4.5%
Troy Johnston
1.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Leody Taveras
30.6%
Troy Johnston
35.4%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Leody Taveras
12.2%
Troy Johnston
12.2%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Leody Taveras
.287
Troy Johnston
.319
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
Leody Taveras
.200.350
lg AVG .295
now .274
.214
Troy Johnston
.200.350
lg AVG .295
now .312
.268

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Leody Taveras
53.20
now 2
2
Troy Johnston
53.20
now 2
1
Runshigher is better
Leody Taveras
2026.60
now 22
15
Troy Johnston
2026.60
now 23
14
RBIhigher is better
Leody Taveras
2029
now 22
15
Troy Johnston
2029
now 25
15
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Leody Taveras
.4007.60
now 6
4
Troy Johnston
.4007.60
now 3
2
If you already own them — trade angle
SellLeody Taveras — sell.conf 0.61
Hold · steadyTroy Johnston — hold.conf 0.60
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