MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Portrait of Adley Rutschman
Adley Rutschman
BAL · C
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Portrait of William Contreras
William Contreras
MIL · C
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

William Contreras.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

William Contreras wins 3 categories (R, SB, AVG); Adley Rutschman wins 0 (none); 2 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Adley Rutschman
89.4
William Contreras
90.0
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Adley Rutschman
42.0%
William Contreras
42.7%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Adley Rutschman
7.1%
William Contreras
7.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Adley Rutschman
25.1%
William Contreras
28.9%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Adley Rutschman
6.5%
William Contreras
9.1%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Adley Rutschman
.348
William Contreras
.335
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
.230.310
lg AVG .295
now .252
.246
William Contreras
.230.310
lg AVG .295
now .294
.268

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Adley Rutschman
58.60
now 7
3
William Contreras
58.60
now 4
3
Runshigher is better
Adley Rutschman
2036.60
now 20
17
William Contreras
2036.60
now 31
22
RBIhigher is better
Adley Rutschman
20.6040.40
now 29
25
William Contreras
20.6040.40
now 36
25
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Adley Rutschman
.0002.20
now 0
0
William Contreras
.0002.20
now 1
1
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyAdley Rutschman — buy.conf 0.67
BuyWilliam Contreras — buy.conf 0.64
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