MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 8, 2026
Portrait of Maikel Garcia
Maikel Garcia
KC · 3B
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Portrait of Matt Chapman
Matt Chapman
SF · 3B
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Maikel Garcia.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Maikel Garcia wins 3 categories (RBI, SB, AVG); Matt Chapman wins 1 (HR); 1 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Maikel Garcia
90.1
Matt Chapman
88.2
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Maikel Garcia
41.3%
Matt Chapman
35.8%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Maikel Garcia
4.9%
Matt Chapman
6.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Maikel Garcia
22.7%
Matt Chapman
26.4%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Maikel Garcia
5.6%
Matt Chapman
10.3%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Maikel Garcia
.316
Matt Chapman
.286
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
Maikel Garcia
.200.290
lg AVG .295
now .268
.266
Matt Chapman
.200.290
lg AVG .295
now .234
.221

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Maikel Garcia
54.20
now 3
1
Matt Chapman
54.20
now 2
3
Runshigher is better
Maikel Garcia
2033.20
now 28
15
Matt Chapman
2033.20
now 27
15
RBIhigher is better
Maikel Garcia
2025
now 21
12
Matt Chapman
2025
now 21
11
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Maikel Garcia
.0005.60
now 4
2
Matt Chapman
.0005.60
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyMaikel Garcia — hold.conf 0.60
SellMatt Chapman — sell.conf 0.61
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