MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 30, 2026
Portrait of Taylor Walls
Taylor Walls
TB · SS
Change to
Trevor Story
BOS · SS
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Trevor Story.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Trevor Story wins 3 categories (HR, RBI, AVG); Taylor Walls wins 2 (R, SB).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Taylor Walls
85.3
Trevor Story
88.9
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Taylor Walls
22.5%
Trevor Story
41.8%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Taylor Walls
2.7%
Trevor Story
3.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Taylor Walls
25.1%
Trevor Story
44.0%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Taylor Walls
10.2%
Trevor Story
17.6%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Taylor Walls
.249
Trevor Story
.248
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
05

The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · batting average
AVGhigher is better
Taylor Walls
.200.220
lg AVG .295
now .208
.192
Trevor Story
.200.220
lg AVG .295
now .206
.203

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Taylor Walls
54.20
now 0
1
Trevor Story
54.20
now 3
2
Runshigher is better
Taylor Walls
2022.20
now 19
17
Trevor Story
2022.20
now 16
14
RBIhigher is better
Taylor Walls
2022.20
now 14
13
Trevor Story
2022.20
now 19
16
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Taylor Walls
1.807.20
now 6
5
Trevor Story
1.807.20
now 4
3
If you already own them — trade angle
SellTaylor Walls — sell.conf 0.68
SellTrevor Story — sell.conf 0.68
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