MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 15, 2026
Portrait of Richie Palacios
Richie Palacios
TB · 2B
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Portrait of Tyler Tolbert
Tyler Tolbert
KC · 2B
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Tyler Tolbert.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Tyler Tolbert wins 3 categories (R, SB, AVG); Richie Palacios wins 2 (HR, RBI).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Richie Palacios
86.1
Tyler Tolbert
84.5
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Richie Palacios
25.8%
Tyler Tolbert
31.1%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Richie Palacios
3.8%
Tyler Tolbert
4.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Richie Palacios
32.1%
Tyler Tolbert
30.3%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Richie Palacios
9.9%
Tyler Tolbert
13.8%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Richie Palacios
.312
Tyler Tolbert
.312
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
Richie Palacios
.200.340
lg AVG .295
now .248
.236
Tyler Tolbert
.200.340
lg AVG .295
now .143
.281

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Richie Palacios
53.20
now 1
2
Tyler Tolbert
53.20
now 0
1
Runshigher is better
Richie Palacios
2037
now 18
23
Tyler Tolbert
2037
now 2
27
RBIhigher is better
Richie Palacios
2030.80
now 17
22
Tyler Tolbert
2030.80
now 0
0
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Richie Palacios
.00045
now 7
9
Tyler Tolbert
.00045
now 3
41
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyRichie Palacios — hold.conf 0.60
Sell HighTyler Tolbert — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.76
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