MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 21, 2026
Portrait of Munetaka Murakami
Munetaka Murakami
CWS · 1B
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Portrait of Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
TOR · 1B
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Munetaka Murakami.

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

Munetaka Murakami wins 3 categories (HR, R, RBI); Vladimir Guerrero 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
Munetaka Murakami
93.9
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
90.1
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Munetaka Murakami
58.8%
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
44.3%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Munetaka Murakami
19.1%
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
7.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Munetaka Murakami
21.8%
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
31.1%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Munetaka Murakami
17.8%
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
9.9%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Munetaka Murakami
.365
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
.346
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
Munetaka Murakami
.200.350
lg AVG .295
now .240
.170
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
.200.350
lg AVG .295
now .298
.286

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Munetaka Murakami
526.80
now 20
6
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
526.80
now 3
4
Runshigher is better
Munetaka Murakami
20.6049.40
now 43
33
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
20.6049.40
now 35
27
RBIhigher is better
Munetaka Murakami
2050.20
now 41
32
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
2050.20
now 24
18
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Munetaka Murakami
.0006.60
now 1
1
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
.0006.60
now 5
4
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyMunetaka Murakami — buy.conf 0.70
BuyVladimir Guerrero Jr. — buy.conf 0.66
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