MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 3, 2026
Portrait of Mookie Betts
Mookie Betts
LAD · SS
Change to
Trevor Story
BOS · SS
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Mookie Betts.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Mookie Betts wins 3 categories (R, RBI, AVG); Trevor Story wins 1 (SB); 1 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Mookie Betts
90.6
Trevor Story
88.9
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Mookie Betts
39.0%
Trevor Story
41.8%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Mookie Betts
8.0%
Trevor Story
3.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Mookie Betts
19.7%
Trevor Story
44.0%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Mookie Betts
5.4%
Trevor Story
17.6%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Mookie Betts
.326
Trevor Story
.248
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
Mookie Betts
.200.240
lg AVG .295
now .196
.230
Trevor Story
.200.240
lg AVG .295
now .206
.203

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Mookie Betts
57.60
now 6
2
Trevor Story
57.60
now 3
2
Runshigher is better
Mookie Betts
2019.20
now 14
16
Trevor Story
2019.20
now 16
13
RBIhigher is better
Mookie Betts
2022.20
now 16
18
Trevor Story
2022.20
now 19
15
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Mookie Betts
.0005.60
now 0
0
Trevor Story
.0005.60
now 4
3
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans buyMookie Betts — hold.conf 0.60
SellTrevor Story — sell.conf 0.68
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