MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 8, 2026
Portrait of Austin Hedges
Austin Hedges
CLE · C
Change to
Portrait of Moisés Ballesteros
Moisés Ballesteros
LAA · 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. Moisés Ballesteros’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 3 categories (R, SB, AVG); Moisés Ballesteros 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
86.8
Moisés Ballesteros
90.0
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Austin Hedges
32.3%
Moisés Ballesteros
46.6%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Austin Hedges
4.7%
Moisés Ballesteros
8.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Austin Hedges
27.5%
Moisés Ballesteros
35.9%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Austin Hedges
10.5%
Moisés Ballesteros
13.0%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Austin Hedges
.283
Moisés Ballesteros
.304
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
.228
Moisés Ballesteros
.200.260
lg AVG .295
now .231
.212

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Austin Hedges
58
now 1
1
Moisés Ballesteros
58
now 6
2
Runshigher is better
Austin Hedges
2018.20
now 12
14
Moisés Ballesteros
2018.20
now 15
11
RBIhigher is better
Austin Hedges
2025.60
now 6
7
Moisés Ballesteros
2025.60
now 20
15
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Austin Hedges
.0002.20
now 1
1
Moisés Ballesteros
.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 0.75
Hold · leans sellMoisés Ballesteros — hold.conf 0.60
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