MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 21, 2026
Portrait of Austin Wells
Austin Wells
NYY · C
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Portrait of Tyler Heineman
Tyler Heineman
LAA · C
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Austin Wells.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Austin Wells wins 2 categories (HR, R); Tyler Heineman wins 1 (AVG); 2 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Austin Wells
89.1
Tyler Heineman
81.4
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Austin Wells
43.5%
Tyler Heineman
13.4%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Austin Wells
6.5%
Tyler Heineman
1.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Austin Wells
29.5%
Tyler Heineman
42.9%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Austin Wells
14.4%
Tyler Heineman
11.2%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Austin Wells
.286
Tyler Heineman
.249
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
.200.230
lg AVG .295
now .178
.184
Tyler Heineman
.200.230
lg AVG .295
now .141
.207

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Austin Wells
55.20
now 4
4
Tyler Heineman
55.20
now 1
1
Runshigher is better
Austin Wells
2020
now 15
16
Tyler Heineman
2020
now 6
10
RBIhigher is better
Austin Wells
2010.20
now 7
7
Tyler Heineman
2010.20
now 4
7
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Austin Wells
.0001.20
now 0
0
Tyler Heineman
.0001.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowAustin Wells — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.71
Hold · wait & seeTyler Heineman — hold.conf 0.50
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