MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Adley Rutschman
Adley Rutschman
BOS · C
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Portrait of Liam Hicks
Liam Hicks
TB · 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 — RBI and average.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Liam Hicks wins 2 categories (RBI, AVG); Adley Rutschman wins 1 (HR); 2 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Adley Rutschman
88.7
Liam Hicks
84.8
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Adley Rutschman
39.7%
Liam Hicks
27.5%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Adley Rutschman
7.3%
Liam Hicks
4.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Adley Rutschman
25.3%
Liam Hicks
27.0%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Adley Rutschman
6.6%
Liam Hicks
4.6%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Adley Rutschman
.337
Liam Hicks
.318
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
.228
Liam Hicks
.210.280
lg AVG .295
now .268
.237

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Adley Rutschman
516.80
now 7
1
Liam Hicks
516.80
now 12
0
Runshigher is better
Adley Rutschman
2038.60
now 20
5
Liam Hicks
2038.60
now 29
5
RBIhigher is better
Adley Rutschman
2061.60
now 29
7
Liam Hicks
2061.60
now 46
9
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Adley Rutschman
.0002.20
now 0
0
Liam Hicks
.0002.20
now 1
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans buyAdley Rutschman — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · steadyLiam Hicks — hold.conf 0.60
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