MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 6, 2026
Portrait of Tim Tawa
Tim Tawa
AZ · LF
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Portrait of TJ Friedl
TJ Friedl
CIN · CF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Tim Tawa.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

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

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Tim Tawa
87.2
TJ Friedl
88.1
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Tim Tawa
30.6%
TJ Friedl
29.0%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Tim Tawa
2.0%
TJ Friedl
3.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Tim Tawa
31.7%
TJ Friedl
27.0%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Tim Tawa
12.7%
TJ Friedl
11.6%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Tim Tawa
.261
TJ Friedl
.250
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
Tim Tawa
.200.210
lg AVG .295
now .167
.196
TJ Friedl
.200.210
lg AVG .295
now .181
.181

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Tim Tawa
54.20
now 1
3
TJ Friedl
54.20
now 2
2
Runshigher is better
Tim Tawa
2022.80
now 6
14
TJ Friedl
2022.80
now 15
18
RBIhigher is better
Tim Tawa
2022
now 8
18
TJ Friedl
2022
now 8
10
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Tim Tawa
.0008.40
now 0
0
TJ Friedl
.0008.40
now 5
6
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeTim Tawa — hold.conf 0.50
SellTJ Friedl — sell.conf 0.68
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