MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 23, 2026
Portrait of Austin Martin
Austin Martin
MIN · RF
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Portrait of Daulton Varsho
Daulton Varsho
TOR · CF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Daulton Varsho.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — home runs, runs, and average. Austin Martin’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Daulton Varsho wins 3 categories (HR, R, AVG); Austin Martin wins 2 (RBI, SB).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Austin Martin
86.9
Daulton Varsho
86.1
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Austin Martin
27.9%
Daulton Varsho
38.3%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Austin Martin
2.1%
Daulton Varsho
6.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Austin Martin
17.4%
Daulton Varsho
36.7%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Austin Martin
7.9%
Daulton Varsho
10.7%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Austin Martin
.311
Daulton Varsho
.298
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 Martin
.220.270
lg AVG .295
now .262
.234
Daulton Varsho
.220.270
lg AVG .295
now .260
.236

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Austin Martin
56.60
now 2
1
Daulton Varsho
56.60
now 5
3
Runshigher is better
Austin Martin
2029.20
now 22
19
Daulton Varsho
2029.20
now 26
20
RBIhigher is better
Austin Martin
2020.20
now 17
15
Daulton Varsho
2020.20
now 16
12
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Austin Martin
110
now 8
7
Daulton Varsho
110
now 4
3
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyAustin Martin — hold.conf 0.60
SellDaulton Varsho — sell.conf 0.58
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