MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Austin Riley
Austin Riley
ATL · 3B
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Portrait of Max Muncy
Max Muncy
LAD · 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 — RBI, steals, and average. Max Muncy’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Austin Riley wins 3 categories (RBI, SB, AVG); Max Muncy wins 1 (R); 1 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Austin Riley
91.5
Max Muncy
90.4
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Austin Riley
45.2%
Max Muncy
46.4%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Austin Riley
12.3%
Max Muncy
13.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Austin Riley
32.6%
Max Muncy
25.9%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Austin Riley
15.8%
Max Muncy
13.1%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Austin Riley
.299
Max Muncy
.350
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
.200.270
lg AVG .295
now .209
.210
Max Muncy
.200.270
lg AVG .295
now .253
.207

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Austin Riley
519.20
now 8
1
Max Muncy
519.20
now 14
1
Runshigher is better
Austin Riley
2052.60
now 30
5
Max Muncy
2052.60
now 39
8
RBIhigher is better
Austin Riley
2043.20
now 32
6
Max Muncy
2043.20
now 21
4
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Austin Riley
.0004.20
now 3
1
Max Muncy
.0004.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
SellAustin Riley — sell.conf 0.58
BuyMax Muncy — buy.conf 0.67
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