MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 3, 2026
Portrait of Austin Hedges
Austin Hedges
CLE · C
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Portrait of Kyle Higashioka
Kyle Higashioka
TEX · 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, steals, and average.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

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

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Austin Hedges
86.5
Kyle Higashioka
87.7
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Austin Hedges
31.3%
Kyle Higashioka
37.0%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Austin Hedges
5.1%
Kyle Higashioka
9.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Austin Hedges
26.6%
Kyle Higashioka
29.1%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Austin Hedges
10.5%
Kyle Higashioka
11.8%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Austin Hedges
.291
Kyle Higashioka
.293
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
.200.260
lg AVG .295
now .244
.236
Kyle Higashioka
.200.260
lg AVG .295
now .211
.210

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Austin Hedges
58
now 1
2
Kyle Higashioka
58
now 3
6
Runshigher is better
Austin Hedges
2031
now 12
25
Kyle Higashioka
2031
now 10
19
RBIhigher is better
Austin Hedges
2024.20
now 6
12
Kyle Higashioka
2024.20
now 10
19
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Austin Hedges
.0003.20
now 1
2
Kyle Higashioka
.0003.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeAustin Hedges — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeKyle Higashioka — hold.conf 0.50
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