MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Matt McLain
Matt McLain
CIN · 2B
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Portrait of Vaughn Grissom
Vaughn Grissom
LAA · 2B
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Matt McLain.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

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

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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
Vaughn Grissom
89.5
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Matt McLain
38.0%
Vaughn Grissom
42.9%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Matt McLain
9.1%
Vaughn Grissom
6.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Matt McLain
25.3%
Vaughn Grissom
27.1%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Matt McLain
11.7%
Vaughn Grissom
9.4%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Matt McLain
.317
Vaughn Grissom
.338
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
.200.280
lg AVG .295
now .198
.213
Vaughn Grissom
.200.280
lg AVG .295
now .238
.256

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Matt McLain
56.20
now 5
4
Vaughn Grissom
56.20
now 3
3
Runshigher is better
Matt McLain
2026
now 22
18
Vaughn Grissom
2026
now 12
14
RBIhigher is better
Matt McLain
2032.40
now 21
17
Vaughn Grissom
2032.40
now 24
28
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Matt McLain
.0009.80
now 7
6
Vaughn Grissom
.0009.80
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowMatt McLain — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.67
BuyVaughn Grissom — buy.conf 0.65
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