MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 21, 2026
Portrait of Troy Johnston
Troy Johnston
COL · RF
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Portrait of Tyler Soderstrom
Tyler Soderstrom
ATH · LF
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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 — RBI, steals, and average. Tyler Soderstrom’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Troy Johnston
89.7
Tyler Soderstrom
90.4
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Troy Johnston
38.6%
Tyler Soderstrom
45.7%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Troy Johnston
2.1%
Tyler Soderstrom
10.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Troy Johnston
34.9%
Tyler Soderstrom
25.7%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Troy Johnston
11.6%
Tyler Soderstrom
9.8%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Troy Johnston
.327
Tyler Soderstrom
.345
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
Troy Johnston
.200.350
lg AVG .295
now .312
.278
Tyler Soderstrom
.200.350
lg AVG .295
now .226
.243

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Troy Johnston
59
now 2
2
Tyler Soderstrom
59
now 7
5
Runshigher is better
Troy Johnston
2029.20
now 23
19
Tyler Soderstrom
2029.20
now 26
20
RBIhigher is better
Troy Johnston
2029.20
now 25
21
Tyler Soderstrom
2029.20
now 26
20
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Troy Johnston
.0004.20
now 3
3
Tyler Soderstrom
.0004.20
now 1
1
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans buyTroy Johnston — hold.conf 0.60
BuyTyler Soderstrom — buy.conf 0.66
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