MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 18, 2026
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399 PA · week 17
this weekHOLD
last weekBUY

Jo Adell

data as of July 18, 2026·week 17
flipped from BUY on July 18, 2026
Hold · leans buy skill near league average (0.324); a hold that leans buy — skill sits a hair above league, worth watching.med 0.60
ROSHR 6AVG .246R 17RBI 26SB 2

Adell is a hold — near-league skill, nothing to exploit.

His expected wOBA is .324 — just nine points above league average — and that is stable at 399 PA. His actual wOBA is .301, 14 points below his xwOBA, but the gap sits within the range of normal variation given his walk rate. He walks just 3.0% of the time, far below league average, and chases at 37.6%, a full nine points above league. His contact quality metrics are close to league: 89.7 mph exit velocity, 43.4% hard-hit, 8.4% barrel — all slightly above average, but none by enough to call elite. The xwOBA has been stepping up across the sample, but the profile remains roughly league-average with no luck-driven distortion or standout weakness. If you own him, hold. If you don't, there is no edge here. 6 HR / 17 R / 26 RBI / 2 SB / .246 AVG — a fringe hold best treated as a streaming-only asset in deep leagues.

VS His Norm

  • Barrel %8.4%−6.2%vs his ~14.6% career norm

Drivers

  • xwobaSIGNALskill near league average (0.324)
metric · nowrolling trajectoryvs. leaguestabilized?
Avg Exit Velo89.7 mph
89.7 mph*
lg avg 89.0 mph +0.7 mphvs his norm —
287 / 50 BBE
Hard-Hit %43.4%
43.4%*
lg avg 40.0% +3.4%vs his norm —
287 / 50 BBE
Barrel %8.4%
norm8.4%*
lg avg 8.0% +0.4%vs his norm −6.2%
287 / 60 BBE
xwOBA.324
.324*
lg avg .315 +.009vs his norm —
399 / 160 PA
wOBA.301
.301*
lg avg .315 −.014vs his norm —
399 / 200 PA
Strikeout %21.8%
21.8%*
lg avg 22.0% −0.2%vs his norm —
399 / 60 PA
Walk %3.0%
3.0%*
lg avg 8.5% −5.5%vs his norm —
399 / 120 PA
BABIP.285
norm.285*
lg avg .295 −.010vs his norm +.031 BABIP is above his ~.254 normexpect it to fall.
287 / 800 BIP
Swinging-Strike %14.6%
14.6%*
lg avg 11.0% +3.6%vs his norm —
399 / 50 PA
Chase %37.6%
37.6%*
lg avg 28.5% +9.1%vs his norm —
399 / 50 PA

5×5 ROS Outlook

rest of season

Where each category goes the rest of the way, and the skill that drives it. Tap a row to expand the full derivation.

statytdrosdriverconf
Barrel% 8.4%→11.0%signal6 HR — Barrel% 8.4% (signal) lifted to career ~14.6% → projected 11.0%.
BABIP 0.285→0.298 regressednoise.246 AVG — BABIP 0.285 is noise, regressed toward xBA-implied 0.306 (xBA 0.261) → 0.298.
on-base + lineup17 R — his run rate over ~197 projected PA.
slugging + lineup26 RBI — his RBI rate over ~197 projected PA.
run rate / role2 SB — his steal rate (3 in 61 G) over ~197 projected PA.
rosterdroprotational counting only

Every projection traces to a sabermetric input. The driver and confidence shown per row are always visible; tap any row to expand the full derivation.

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