MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 4, 2026
Max Kepler
AZ · LF
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Portrait of TJ Friedl
TJ Friedl
CIN · CF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

TJ Friedl.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

TJ Friedl wins 3 categories (R, RBI, SB); Max Kepler wins 2 (HR, AVG).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Max Kepler
89.0
TJ Friedl
87.5
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Max Kepler
47.0%
TJ Friedl
27.8%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Max Kepler
9.1%
TJ Friedl
2.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Max Kepler
38.0%
TJ Friedl
25.5%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Max Kepler
12.2%
TJ Friedl
11.0%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Max Kepler
.296
TJ Friedl
.236
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
Max Kepler
.200.330
lg AVG .295
now .000
.238
TJ Friedl
.200.330
lg AVG .295
now .181
.172

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Max Kepler
53.20
now 0
2
TJ Friedl
53.20
now 2
1
Runshigher is better
Max Kepler
2021
now 0
0
TJ Friedl
2021
now 15
11
RBIhigher is better
Max Kepler
2011.20
now 0
0
TJ Friedl
2011.20
now 8
6
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Max Kepler
.0007
now 0
0
TJ Friedl
.0007
now 5
4
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeMax Kepler — hold.conf 0.50
SellTJ Friedl — sell.conf 0.71
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