MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Portrait of A.J. Ewing
A.J. Ewing
NYM · CF
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Portrait of Derek Hill
Derek Hill
PHI · RF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

A.J. Ewing.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

A.J. Ewing wins 3 categories (R, RBI, AVG); Derek Hill wins 2 (HR, SB).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
A.J. Ewing
89.2
Derek Hill
89.3
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
A.J. Ewing
41.7%
Derek Hill
33.7%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
A.J. Ewing
6.5%
Derek Hill
11.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
A.J. Ewing
28.6%
Derek Hill
33.6%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
A.J. Ewing
11.4%
Derek Hill
17.4%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
A.J. Ewing
.325
Derek Hill
.296
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
A.J. Ewing
.200.250
lg AVG .295
now .224
.237
Derek Hill
.200.250
lg AVG .295
now .234
.209

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
A.J. Ewing
54.20
now 1
2
Derek Hill
54.20
now 3
3
Runshigher is better
A.J. Ewing
2017.20
now 8
14
Derek Hill
2017.20
now 9
13
RBIhigher is better
A.J. Ewing
2013.20
now 6
10
Derek Hill
2013.20
now 6
9
Stolen Baseshigher is better
A.J. Ewing
211
now 4
7
Derek Hill
211
now 6
9
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans buyA.J. Ewing — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · wait & seeDerek Hill — hold.conf 0.50
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