MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 7, 2026
Portrait of Manny Machado
Manny Machado
SD · 3B
Change to
Max Muncy
ATH · 3B
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Max Muncy.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Max Muncy wins 3 categories (R, SB, AVG); Manny Machado wins 1 (RBI); 1 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Manny Machado
90.6
Max Muncy
91.0
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Manny Machado
44.6%
Max Muncy
48.5%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Manny Machado
10.8%
Max Muncy
11.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Manny Machado
30.6%
Max Muncy
34.6%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Manny Machado
12.6%
Max Muncy
16.8%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Manny Machado
.327
Max Muncy
.290
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
Manny Machado
.200.270
lg AVG .295
now .174
.203
Max Muncy
.200.270
lg AVG .295
now .242
.206

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Manny Machado
513.20
now 10
3
Max Muncy
513.20
now 2
3
Runshigher is better
Manny Machado
2032.80
now 28
16
Max Muncy
2032.80
now 16
17
RBIhigher is better
Manny Machado
2038.40
now 30
17
Max Muncy
2038.40
now 9
10
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Manny Machado
.0003.20
now 1
1
Max Muncy
.0003.20
now 2
2
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans buyManny Machado — hold.conf 0.60
SellMax Muncy — sell.conf 0.60
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