MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 1, 2026
Portrait of Austin Martin
Austin Martin
MIN · RF
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Portrait of Ryan Vilade
Ryan Vilade
TB · RF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Austin Martin.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Austin Martin wins 3 categories (R, SB, AVG); Ryan Vilade 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 Martin
87.2
Ryan Vilade
89.5
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Austin Martin
29.1%
Ryan Vilade
37.9%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Austin Martin
2.0%
Ryan Vilade
6.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Austin Martin
17.6%
Ryan Vilade
26.8%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Austin Martin
7.8%
Ryan Vilade
10.7%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Austin Martin
.312
Ryan Vilade
.312
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
.200.300
lg AVG .295
now .262
.233
Ryan Vilade
.200.300
lg AVG .295
now .278
.223

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Austin Martin
54.20
now 2
1
Ryan Vilade
54.20
now 3
2
Runshigher is better
Austin Martin
2027.20
now 22
16
Ryan Vilade
2027.20
now 9
11
RBIhigher is better
Austin Martin
2030.20
now 17
12
Ryan Vilade
2030.20
now 20
25
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Austin Martin
.00010.40
now 8
6
Ryan Vilade
.00010.40
now 2
2
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyAustin Martin — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · steadyRyan Vilade — hold.conf 0.60
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