MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 2, 2026
Braden Montgomery
CWS · RF
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Portrait of Ryan Waldschmidt
Ryan Waldschmidt
AZ · CF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Ryan Waldschmidt.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Ryan Waldschmidt wins 3 categories (HR, SB, AVG); Braden Montgomery wins 2 (R, RBI).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Braden Montgomery
89.2
Ryan Waldschmidt
87.8
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Braden Montgomery
41.0%
Ryan Waldschmidt
35.1%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Braden Montgomery
3.3%
Ryan Waldschmidt
8.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Braden Montgomery
31.1%
Ryan Waldschmidt
25.3%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Braden Montgomery
15.2%
Ryan Waldschmidt
14.9%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Braden Montgomery
.306
Ryan Waldschmidt
.293
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
Braden Montgomery
.200.480
lg AVG .295
now .444
.193
Ryan Waldschmidt
.200.480
lg AVG .295
now .284
.252

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Braden Montgomery
53.20
now 1
1
Ryan Waldschmidt
53.20
now 0
2
Runshigher is better
Braden Montgomery
2037
now 2
27
Ryan Waldschmidt
2037
now 10
15
RBIhigher is better
Braden Montgomery
2054.80
now 3
40
Ryan Waldschmidt
2054.80
now 7
10
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Braden Montgomery
.0009.80
now 0
0
Ryan Waldschmidt
.0009.80
now 5
7
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans sellBraden Montgomery — hold.conf 0.60
SellRyan Waldschmidt — sell.conf 0.59
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