MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Portrait of Adley Rutschman
Adley Rutschman
BAL · C
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Ryan Jeffers
MIN · C
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Ryan Jeffers.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Ryan Jeffers wins 4 categories (HR, R, RBI, SB); Adley Rutschman wins 1 (AVG).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Adley Rutschman
89.4
Ryan Jeffers
90.0
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Adley Rutschman
42.0%
Ryan Jeffers
41.4%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Adley Rutschman
7.1%
Ryan Jeffers
13.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Adley Rutschman
25.1%
Ryan Jeffers
23.9%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Adley Rutschman
6.5%
Ryan Jeffers
6.8%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Adley Rutschman
.348
Ryan Jeffers
.373
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
.220.320
lg AVG .295
now .252
.246
Ryan Jeffers
.220.320
lg AVG .295
now .295
.238

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Adley Rutschman
58.60
now 7
3
Ryan Jeffers
58.60
now 7
4
Runshigher is better
Adley Rutschman
2029.60
now 20
17
Ryan Jeffers
2029.60
now 26
26
RBIhigher is better
Adley Rutschman
21.8032.20
now 29
25
Ryan Jeffers
21.8032.20
now 26
26
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Adley Rutschman
.0002.20
now 0
0
Ryan Jeffers
.0002.20
now 1
1
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyAdley Rutschman — buy.conf 0.67
BuyRyan Jeffers — buy.conf 0.72
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