MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Portrait of Austin Hedges
Austin Hedges
CLE · C
Change to
Joey Bart
ATL · C
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22, 1 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Austin Hedges wins 2 (SB, AVG); Joey Bart wins 2 (HR, RBI); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Austin Hedges
86.8
Joey Bart
86.2
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Austin Hedges
32.2%
Joey Bart
34.8%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Austin Hedges
5.1%
Joey Bart
8.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Austin Hedges
27.9%
Joey Bart
31.3%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Austin Hedges
10.7%
Joey Bart
13.0%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Austin Hedges
.288
Joey Bart
.296
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
.200.280
lg AVG .295
now .244
.233
Joey Bart
.200.280
lg AVG .295
now .259
.197

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Austin Hedges
54.20
now 1
1
Joey Bart
54.20
now 2
3
Runshigher is better
Austin Hedges
2020.20
now 12
17
Joey Bart
2020.20
now 9
17
RBIhigher is better
Austin Hedges
2014.20
now 6
8
Joey Bart
2014.20
now 6
11
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Austin Hedges
.0002.20
now 1
1
Joey Bart
.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 0.66
Hold · wait & seeJoey Bart — hold.conf 0.50
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