MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Adley Rutschman
Adley Rutschman
BAL · C
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Portrait of Liam Hicks
Liam Hicks
MIA · C
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Liam Hicks.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Liam Hicks wins 3 categories (R, RBI, SB); Adley Rutschman wins 2 (HR, AVG).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Adley Rutschman
89.3
Liam Hicks
85.4
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Adley Rutschman
41.6%
Liam Hicks
30.3%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Adley Rutschman
7.2%
Liam Hicks
3.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Adley Rutschman
25.2%
Liam Hicks
26.3%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Adley Rutschman
6.5%
Liam Hicks
4.3%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Adley Rutschman
.349
Liam Hicks
.309
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
.210.280
lg AVG .295
now .252
.249
Liam Hicks
.210.280
lg AVG .295
now .268
.229

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Adley Rutschman
516
now 7
3
Liam Hicks
516
now 12
2
Runshigher is better
Adley Rutschman
2032.60
now 20
20
Liam Hicks
2032.60
now 29
24
RBIhigher is better
Adley Rutschman
22.2052.80
now 29
29
Liam Hicks
22.2052.80
now 46
38
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Adley Rutschman
.0002.20
now 0
0
Liam Hicks
.0002.20
now 1
1
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyAdley Rutschman — buy.conf 0.67
Hold · steadyLiam Hicks — hold.conf 0.60
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