MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Adley Rutschman
Adley Rutschman
BAL · C
Change to
Portrait of Dalton Rushing
Dalton Rushing
LAD · C
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22, 1 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Adley Rutschman wins 2 (RBI, AVG); Dalton Rushing wins 2 (HR, R); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Adley Rutschman
89.3
Dalton Rushing
89.0
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Adley Rutschman
41.6%
Dalton Rushing
43.1%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Adley Rutschman
7.2%
Dalton Rushing
11.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Adley Rutschman
25.2%
Dalton Rushing
31.3%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Adley Rutschman
6.5%
Dalton Rushing
15.1%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Adley Rutschman
.349
Dalton Rushing
.335
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
05

The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · batting average
AVGhigher is better
Adley Rutschman
.200.270
lg AVG .295
now .252
.249
Dalton Rushing
.200.270
lg AVG .295
now .253
.215

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Adley Rutschman
58.60
now 7
3
Dalton Rushing
58.60
now 7
5
Runshigher is better
Adley Rutschman
2024.20
now 20
20
Dalton Rushing
2024.20
now 14
21
RBIhigher is better
Adley Rutschman
2033.80
now 29
29
Dalton Rushing
2033.80
now 17
26
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Adley Rutschman
.0001.20
now 0
0
Dalton Rushing
.0001.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyAdley Rutschman — buy.conf 0.67
BuyDalton Rushing — buy.conf 0.64
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