MLB Daily DeltaWeek 14 · June 30, 2026
Portrait of Starling Marte
Starling Marte
KC · RF
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Portrait of TJ Friedl
TJ Friedl
CIN · CF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

TJ Friedl.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

TJ Friedl wins 3 categories (R, RBI, SB); Starling Marte wins 2 (HR, AVG).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Starling Marte
89.2
TJ Friedl
88.2
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Starling Marte
36.8%
TJ Friedl
29.3%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Starling Marte
13.2%
TJ Friedl
2.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Starling Marte
31.2%
TJ Friedl
27.7%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Starling Marte
14.6%
TJ Friedl
11.7%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Starling Marte
.317
TJ Friedl
.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
Starling Marte
.200.300
lg AVG .295
now .263
.257
TJ Friedl
.200.300
lg AVG .295
now .181
.182

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Starling Marte
57
now 0
5
TJ Friedl
57
now 2
2
Runshigher is better
Starling Marte
2026.80
now 3
8
TJ Friedl
2026.80
now 15
20
RBIhigher is better
Starling Marte
2013.20
now 2
5
TJ Friedl
2013.20
now 8
10
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Starling Marte
.0009.80
now 0
0
TJ Friedl
.0009.80
now 5
7
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeStarling Marte — hold.conf 0.50
SellTJ Friedl — sell.conf 0.68
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