MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Portrait of Bobby Witt Jr.
Bobby Witt Jr.
KC · SS
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Javier Báez
DET · SS
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Bobby Witt Jr..

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

Bobby Witt Jr. wins 5 categories (HR, R, RBI, SB, AVG); Javier Báez wins 0 (none).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Bobby Witt Jr.
92.9
Javier Báez
84.7
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Bobby Witt Jr.
52.2%
Javier Báez
28.6%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Bobby Witt Jr.
12.0%
Javier Báez
3.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Bobby Witt Jr.
33.0%
Javier Báez
50.9%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Bobby Witt Jr.
11.8%
Javier Báez
16.5%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Bobby Witt Jr.
.386
Javier Báez
.294
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
Bobby Witt Jr.
.240.300
lg AVG .295
now .287
.289
Javier Báez
.240.300
lg AVG .295
now .256
.259

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Bobby Witt Jr.
511.80
now 9
5
Javier Báez
511.80
now 2
2
Runshigher is better
Bobby Witt Jr.
2038
now 30
19
Javier Báez
2038
now 10
16
RBIhigher is better
Bobby Witt Jr.
2034
now 26
17
Javier Báez
2034
now 6
9
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Bobby Witt Jr.
.00023.40
now 17
11
Javier Báez
.00023.40
now 1
2
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyBobby Witt Jr. — buy.conf 0.74
Hold · wait & seeJavier Báez — hold.conf 0.50
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