MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Austin Hedges
Austin Hedges
CLE · C
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Portrait of Patrick Bailey
Patrick Bailey
CLE · C
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Patrick Bailey.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — home runs, RBI, and steals.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

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

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Austin Hedges
86.9
Patrick Bailey
90.2
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Austin Hedges
33.3%
Patrick Bailey
38.9%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Austin Hedges
5.6%
Patrick Bailey
6.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Austin Hedges
27.5%
Patrick Bailey
32.1%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Austin Hedges
10.7%
Patrick Bailey
13.8%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Austin Hedges
.298
Patrick Bailey
.273
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
.200.290
lg AVG .295
now .244
.246
Patrick Bailey
.200.290
lg AVG .295
now .147
.207

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Austin Hedges
54.20
now 1
1
Patrick Bailey
54.20
now 2
3
Runshigher is better
Austin Hedges
2025.60
now 12
20
Patrick Bailey
2025.60
now 6
8
RBIhigher is better
Austin Hedges
2014.20
now 6
10
Patrick Bailey
2014.20
now 9
11
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Austin Hedges
.0004.20
now 1
2
Patrick Bailey
.0004.20
now 2
3
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighAustin Hedges — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.65
Buy LowPatrick Bailey — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.68
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