MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 29, 2026
Brendan Donovan
SEA · 3B
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Ke'Bryan Hayes
CIN · 3B
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Brendan Donovan.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Brendan Donovan wins 3 categories (R, RBI, AVG); Ke'Bryan Hayes wins 0 (none); 2 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Brendan Donovan
85.9
Ke'Bryan Hayes
90.9
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Brendan Donovan
32.9%
Ke'Bryan Hayes
39.3%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Brendan Donovan
4.3%
Ke'Bryan Hayes
7.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Brendan Donovan
25.3%
Ke'Bryan Hayes
29.2%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Brendan Donovan
8.7%
Ke'Bryan Hayes
9.0%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Brendan Donovan
.344
Ke'Bryan Hayes
.310
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
05

The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · batting average
AVGhigher is better
Brendan Donovan
.200.330
lg AVG .295
now .274
.241
Ke'Bryan Hayes
.200.330
lg AVG .295
now .142
.238

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Brendan Donovan
54.20
now 3
2
Ke'Bryan Hayes
54.20
now 2
2
Runshigher is better
Brendan Donovan
2015.20
now 9
12
Ke'Bryan Hayes
2015.20
now 10
10
RBIhigher is better
Brendan Donovan
2014.20
now 8
11
Ke'Bryan Hayes
2014.20
now 5
5
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Brendan Donovan
.0002.20
now 1
1
Ke'Bryan Hayes
.0002.20
now 1
1
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeBrendan Donovan — hold.conf 0.50
Buy LowKe'Bryan Hayes — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.82
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