MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Portrait of Austin Wells
Austin Wells
NYY · C
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Drake Baldwin
ATL · C
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Drake Baldwin.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Drake Baldwin wins 5 categories (HR, R, RBI, SB, AVG); Austin Wells wins 0 (none).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Austin Wells
88.9
Drake Baldwin
91.6
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Austin Wells
44.1%
Drake Baldwin
50.6%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Austin Wells
6.9%
Drake Baldwin
14.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Austin Wells
28.8%
Drake Baldwin
33.2%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Austin Wells
14.0%
Drake Baldwin
11.9%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Austin Wells
.300
Drake Baldwin
.385
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 Wells
.200.350
lg AVG .295
now .178
.192
Drake Baldwin
.200.350
lg AVG .295
now .303
.252

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Austin Wells
517
now 4
3
Drake Baldwin
517
now 13
5
Runshigher is better
Austin Wells
2049
now 15
14
Drake Baldwin
2049
now 39
29
RBIhigher is better
Austin Wells
2050.80
now 7
6
Drake Baldwin
2050.80
now 38
28
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Austin Wells
.0002.20
now 0
0
Drake Baldwin
.0002.20
now 1
1
If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowAustin Wells — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.71
BuyDrake Baldwin — buy.conf 0.74
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