MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Brett Baty
Brett Baty
NYM · 3B
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Portrait of Ryan McMahon
Ryan McMahon
NYY · 3B
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Brett Baty.

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

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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Brett Baty
89.6
Ryan McMahon
90.8
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Brett Baty
39.7%
Ryan McMahon
49.6%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Brett Baty
8.6%
Ryan McMahon
10.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Brett Baty
28.2%
Ryan McMahon
29.7%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Brett Baty
13.7%
Ryan McMahon
14.4%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Brett Baty
.307
Ryan McMahon
.308
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
.200.250
lg AVG .295
now .233
.230
Ryan McMahon
.200.250
lg AVG .295
now .207
.220

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Brett Baty
57.20
now 3
4
Ryan McMahon
57.20
now 6
5
Runshigher is better
Brett Baty
2025.20
now 22
19
Ryan McMahon
2025.20
now 16
16
RBIhigher is better
Brett Baty
2026.20
now 23
20
Ryan McMahon
2026.20
now 19
19
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Brett Baty
.8004.20
now 2
2
Ryan McMahon
.8004.20
now 3
3
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans sellBrett Baty — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · steadyRyan McMahon — hold.conf 0.60
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