MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 11, 2026
Portrait of Adley Rutschman
Adley Rutschman
BOS · C
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Portrait of Samuel Basallo
Samuel Basallo
BAL · 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 — RBI and average. Samuel Basallo’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Adley Rutschman wins 2 categories (RBI, AVG); Samuel Basallo wins 1 (R); 2 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Adley Rutschman
88.7
Samuel Basallo
90.2
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Adley Rutschman
39.7%
Samuel Basallo
42.7%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Adley Rutschman
7.3%
Samuel Basallo
12.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Adley Rutschman
25.3%
Samuel Basallo
39.9%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Adley Rutschman
6.6%
Samuel Basallo
16.6%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Adley Rutschman
.337
Samuel Basallo
.320
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
.200.310
lg AVG .295
now .252
.228
Samuel Basallo
.200.310
lg AVG .295
now .283
.203

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Adley Rutschman
512.20
now 7
1
Samuel Basallo
512.20
now 9
1
Runshigher is better
Adley Rutschman
2030.60
now 20
4
Samuel Basallo
2030.60
now 23
5
RBIhigher is better
Adley Rutschman
2038.60
now 29
6
Samuel Basallo
2038.60
now 25
5
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Adley Rutschman
.0001.20
now 0
0
Samuel Basallo
.0001.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans buyAdley Rutschman — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · steadySamuel Basallo — hold.conf 0.60
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