MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 8, 2026
Portrait of Taylor Ward
Taylor Ward
SEA · LF
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Portrait of Wade Meckler
Wade Meckler
LAA · LF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Taylor Ward.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Taylor Ward
89.0
Wade Meckler
86.0
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Taylor Ward
38.8%
Wade Meckler
30.0%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Taylor Ward
5.4%
Wade Meckler
4.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Taylor Ward
14.4%
Wade Meckler
27.0%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Taylor Ward
6.6%
Wade Meckler
11.0%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Taylor Ward
.343
Wade Meckler
.321
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
Taylor Ward
.220.300
lg AVG .295
now .248
.245
Wade Meckler
.220.300
lg AVG .295
now .286
.240

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Taylor Ward
54.20
now 2
3
Wade Meckler
54.20
now 2
1
Runshigher is better
Taylor Ward
2049.20
now 36
19
Wade Meckler
2049.20
now 3
10
RBIhigher is better
Taylor Ward
2031.80
now 17
9
Wade Meckler
2031.80
now 8
25
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Taylor Ward
.0008
now 2
1
Wade Meckler
.0008
now 2
6
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans buyTaylor Ward — hold.conf 0.60
Sell HighWade Meckler — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.74
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