MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Brett Baty
Brett Baty
NYM · 3B
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Portrait of Manny Machado
Manny Machado
SD · 3B
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Manny Machado.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Manny Machado wins 3 categories (HR, R, RBI); Brett Baty wins 2 (SB, AVG).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Brett Baty
89.6
Manny Machado
90.0
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Brett Baty
39.7%
Manny Machado
43.0%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Brett Baty
8.6%
Manny Machado
10.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Brett Baty
28.2%
Manny Machado
31.0%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Brett Baty
13.7%
Manny Machado
12.9%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Brett Baty
.307
Manny Machado
.320
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
Brett Baty
.200.260
lg AVG .295
now .233
.230
Manny Machado
.200.260
lg AVG .295
now .174
.201

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Brett Baty
512.80
now 3
4
Manny Machado
512.80
now 10
5
Runshigher is better
Brett Baty
2031.60
now 22
19
Manny Machado
2031.60
now 28
23
RBIhigher is better
Brett Baty
2034
now 23
20
Manny Machado
2034
now 30
24
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Brett Baty
.0003.20
now 2
2
Manny Machado
.0003.20
now 1
1
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans sellBrett Baty — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · steadyManny Machado — hold.conf 0.60
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