MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 9, 2026
Roman Anthony
BOS · LF
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Portrait of Taylor Ward
Taylor Ward
SEA · LF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Roman Anthony.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Roman Anthony wins 3 categories (HR, SB, AVG); Taylor Ward wins 2 (R, RBI).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Roman Anthony
92.3
Taylor Ward
89.0
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Roman Anthony
47.4%
Taylor Ward
38.6%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Roman Anthony
9.2%
Taylor Ward
5.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Roman Anthony
21.6%
Taylor Ward
14.5%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Roman Anthony
10.4%
Taylor Ward
6.7%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Roman Anthony
.352
Taylor Ward
.341
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
Roman Anthony
.220.270
lg AVG .295
now .229
.256
Taylor Ward
.220.270
lg AVG .295
now .248
.243

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Roman Anthony
54.20
now 1
3
Taylor Ward
54.20
now 2
2
Runshigher is better
Roman Anthony
2046
now 12
11
Taylor Ward
2046
now 36
18
RBIhigher is better
Roman Anthony
2021.80
now 5
5
Taylor Ward
2021.80
now 17
9
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Roman Anthony
.0003.20
now 2
2
Taylor Ward
.0003.20
now 2
1
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeRoman Anthony — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · leans buyTaylor Ward — hold.conf 0.60
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