MLB Daily DeltaWeek 14 · June 30, 2026
Portrait of Austin Hedges
Austin Hedges
CLE · C
Change to
Elias Díaz
TEX · C
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Austin Hedges.

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

Austin Hedges wins 3 categories (R, SB, AVG); Elias Díaz wins 2 (HR, RBI).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Austin Hedges
86.3
Elias Díaz
85.8
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Austin Hedges
31.5%
Elias Díaz
34.0%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Austin Hedges
3.3%
Elias Díaz
6.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Austin Hedges
26.4%
Elias Díaz
41.8%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Austin Hedges
10.6%
Elias Díaz
18.2%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Austin Hedges
.291
Elias Díaz
.261
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
Austin Hedges
.200.260
lg AVG .295
now .244
.239
Elias Díaz
.200.260
lg AVG .295
now .227
.197

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Austin Hedges
54.20
now 1
1
Elias Díaz
54.20
now 2
3
Runshigher is better
Austin Hedges
2035.20
now 12
26
Elias Díaz
2035.20
now 3
20
RBIhigher is better
Austin Hedges
2044.20
now 6
13
Elias Díaz
2044.20
now 5
33
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Austin Hedges
.0003.20
now 1
2
Elias Díaz
.0003.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeAustin Hedges — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighElias Díaz — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.72
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