MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 6, 2026
Luis Lara
MIL · RF
Change to
Portrait of Wade Meckler
Wade Meckler
LAA · LF
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

Luis Lara wins 2 (R, AVG); Wade Meckler wins 2 (RBI, SB); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Luis Lara
88.2
Wade Meckler
86.0
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Luis Lara
37.8%
Wade Meckler
30.7%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Luis Lara
4.4%
Wade Meckler
4.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Luis Lara
20.5%
Wade Meckler
27.7%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Luis Lara
6.9%
Wade Meckler
11.3%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Luis Lara
.342
Wade Meckler
.317
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
Luis Lara
.210.310
lg AVG .295
now .250
.289
Wade Meckler
.210.310
lg AVG .295
now .286
.231

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Luis Lara
53.20
now 0
1
Wade Meckler
53.20
now 2
1
Runshigher is better
Luis Lara
2017.80
now 1
13
Wade Meckler
2017.80
now 3
10
RBIhigher is better
Luis Lara
2037
now 2
25
Wade Meckler
2037
now 8
27
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Luis Lara
.0009.80
now 0
0
Wade Meckler
.0009.80
now 2
7
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeLuis Lara — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighWade Meckler — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.74
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