MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 2, 2026
Portrait of Austin Riley
Austin Riley
ATL · 3B
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Josh Rojas
KC · 3B
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Austin Riley.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Austin Riley wins 3 categories (HR, R, SB); Josh Rojas wins 2 (RBI, AVG).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Austin Riley
90.8
Josh Rojas
85.5
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Austin Riley
43.8%
Josh Rojas
33.3%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Austin Riley
10.8%
Josh Rojas
2.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Austin Riley
32.6%
Josh Rojas
32.7%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Austin Riley
15.7%
Josh Rojas
12.2%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Austin Riley
.292
Josh Rojas
.221
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 Riley
.200.480
lg AVG .295
now .209
.201
Josh Rojas
.200.480
lg AVG .295
now 1.000
.240

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Austin Riley
511.20
now 8
4
Josh Rojas
511.20
now 0
1
Runshigher is better
Austin Riley
2042
now 30
18
Josh Rojas
2042
now 0
0
RBIhigher is better
Austin Riley
20120
now 32
19
Josh Rojas
20120
now 2
147
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Austin Riley
.0004.20
now 3
2
Josh Rojas
.0004.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
SellAustin Riley — sell.conf 0.60
Hold · wait & seeJosh Rojas — hold.conf 0.50
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