MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 11, 2026
Portrait of Austin Hedges
Austin Hedges
CLE · C
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Portrait of Christian Vázquez
Christian Vázquez
HOU · C
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Austin Hedges.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — runs and average. Christian Vázquez’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Austin Hedges wins 2 categories (R, AVG); Christian Vázquez wins 1 (RBI); 2 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Austin Hedges
85.8
Christian Vázquez
86.0
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Austin Hedges
31.3%
Christian Vázquez
22.9%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Austin Hedges
4.4%
Christian Vázquez
2.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Austin Hedges
26.7%
Christian Vázquez
36.2%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Austin Hedges
10.3%
Christian Vázquez
9.3%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Austin Hedges
.272
Christian Vázquez
.238
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
Austin Hedges
.200.270
lg AVG .295
now .244
.213
Christian Vázquez
.200.270
lg AVG .295
now .246
.196

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Austin Hedges
55.60
now 1
0
Christian Vázquez
55.60
now 4
0
Runshigher is better
Austin Hedges
2015.60
now 12
4
Christian Vázquez
2015.60
now 10
3
RBIhigher is better
Austin Hedges
2023
now 6
2
Christian Vázquez
2023
now 17
5
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Austin Hedges
.0002.20
now 1
0
Christian Vázquez
.0002.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighAustin Hedges — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.74
SellChristian Vázquez — sell.conf 0.70
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