MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 17, 2026
Portrait of Matt McLain
Matt McLain
CIN · 2B
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Portrait of Nico Hoerner
Nico Hoerner
CHC · 2B
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Nico Hoerner.

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

Nico Hoerner wins 3 categories (RBI, SB, AVG); Matt McLain wins 2 (HR, R).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Matt McLain
88.8
Nico Hoerner
86.0
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Matt McLain
38.0%
Nico Hoerner
28.0%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Matt McLain
9.1%
Nico Hoerner
0.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Matt McLain
25.3%
Nico Hoerner
30.0%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Matt McLain
11.7%
Nico Hoerner
5.1%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Matt McLain
.317
Nico Hoerner
.318
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
Matt McLain
.200.270
lg AVG .295
now .198
.213
Nico Hoerner
.200.270
lg AVG .295
now .252
.252

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Matt McLain
56.60
now 5
5
Nico Hoerner
56.60
now 4
1
Runshigher is better
Matt McLain
2027.20
now 22
19
Nico Hoerner
2027.20
now 24
18
RBIhigher is better
Matt McLain
2039
now 21
18
Nico Hoerner
2039
now 33
25
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Matt McLain
413
now 7
6
Nico Hoerner
413
now 11
8
If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowMatt McLain — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.67
Hold · steadyNico Hoerner — hold.conf 0.60
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