MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 20, 2026
Portrait of Mike Trout
Mike Trout
LAA · CF
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Portrait of Ronald Acuña Jr.
Ronald Acuña Jr.
ATL · RF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Mike Trout.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Mike Trout wins 3 categories (HR, R, RBI); Ronald Acuña Jr. wins 2 (SB, AVG).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Mike Trout
90.7
Ronald Acuña Jr.
90.1
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Mike Trout
48.7%
Ronald Acuña Jr.
43.4%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Mike Trout
19.6%
Ronald Acuña Jr.
13.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Mike Trout
19.9%
Ronald Acuña Jr.
25.0%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Mike Trout
9.2%
Ronald Acuña Jr.
13.3%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Mike Trout
.406
Ronald Acuña Jr.
.378
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
Mike Trout
.220.270
lg AVG .295
now .242
.235
Ronald Acuña Jr.
.220.270
lg AVG .295
now .253
.241

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Mike Trout
517.20
now 14
8
Ronald Acuña Jr.
517.20
now 7
6
Runshigher is better
Mike Trout
2053.40
now 45
33
Ronald Acuña Jr.
2053.40
now 27
24
RBIhigher is better
Mike Trout
2035.80
now 31
22
Ronald Acuña Jr.
2035.80
now 21
19
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Mike Trout
.80015.20
now 5
4
Ronald Acuña Jr.
.80015.20
now 12
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If you already own them — trade angle
BuyMike Trout — buy.conf 0.78
BuyRonald Acuña Jr. — buy.conf 0.73
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