MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 22, 2026
Portrait of Ryan Waldschmidt
Ryan Waldschmidt
AZ · CF
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Portrait of Troy Johnston
Troy Johnston
COL · RF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Troy Johnston.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Troy Johnston wins 3 categories (R, RBI, AVG); Ryan Waldschmidt wins 2 (HR, SB).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Ryan Waldschmidt
87.0
Troy Johnston
89.8
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Ryan Waldschmidt
34.2%
Troy Johnston
38.4%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Ryan Waldschmidt
7.6%
Troy Johnston
2.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Ryan Waldschmidt
25.6%
Troy Johnston
34.8%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Ryan Waldschmidt
15.8%
Troy Johnston
11.7%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Ryan Waldschmidt
.277
Troy Johnston
.327
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
Ryan Waldschmidt
.210.340
lg AVG .295
now .284
.236
Troy Johnston
.210.340
lg AVG .295
now .312
.277

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Ryan Waldschmidt
54.20
now 0
3
Troy Johnston
54.20
now 2
2
Runshigher is better
Ryan Waldschmidt
2028.20
now 10
18
Troy Johnston
2028.20
now 23
19
RBIhigher is better
Ryan Waldschmidt
2032.20
now 7
12
Troy Johnston
2032.20
now 25
21
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Ryan Waldschmidt
.00011.80
now 5
9
Troy Johnston
.00011.80
now 3
2
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeRyan Waldschmidt — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · leans buyTroy Johnston — hold.conf 0.60
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