MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 18, 2026
Portrait of Adley Rutschman
Adley Rutschman
BAL · C
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Francisco Alvarez
NYM · C
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Adley Rutschman.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — runs, RBI, and average.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Adley Rutschman wins 3 categories (R, RBI, AVG); Francisco Alvarez wins 1 (HR); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Adley Rutschman
89.4
Francisco Alvarez
90.1
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Adley Rutschman
42.0%
Francisco Alvarez
44.1%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Adley Rutschman
7.2%
Francisco Alvarez
16.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Adley Rutschman
25.7%
Francisco Alvarez
32.8%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Adley Rutschman
6.7%
Francisco Alvarez
15.2%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Adley Rutschman
.348
Francisco Alvarez
.337
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
Adley Rutschman
.230.260
lg AVG .295
now .252
.249
Francisco Alvarez
.230.260
lg AVG .295
now .243
.246

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Adley Rutschman
58.60
now 7
3
Francisco Alvarez
58.60
now 4
6
Runshigher is better
Adley Rutschman
2024.60
now 20
21
Francisco Alvarez
2024.60
now 12
15
RBIhigher is better
Adley Rutschman
2038
now 29
30
Francisco Alvarez
2038
now 10
12
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Adley Rutschman
.0001.20
now 0
0
Francisco Alvarez
.0001.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyAdley Rutschman — buy.conf 0.67
BuyFrancisco Alvarez — buy.conf 0.64
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