MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 23, 2026
Portrait of Christian Walker
Christian Walker
HOU · 1B
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Portrait of Pete Alonso
Pete Alonso
BAL · 1B
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Pete Alonso.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — home runs, steals, and average. Christian Walker’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Pete Alonso wins 3 categories (HR, SB, AVG); Christian Walker wins 2 (R, RBI).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Christian Walker
89.3
Pete Alonso
93.7
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Christian Walker
42.2%
Pete Alonso
54.3%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Christian Walker
9.8%
Pete Alonso
12.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Christian Walker
30.3%
Pete Alonso
26.3%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Christian Walker
14.8%
Pete Alonso
12.3%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Christian Walker
.300
Pete Alonso
.374
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
Christian Walker
.200.260
lg AVG .295
now .249
.212
Pete Alonso
.200.260
lg AVG .295
now .237
.248

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Christian Walker
520.40
now 16
5
Pete Alonso
520.40
now 11
7
Runshigher is better
Christian Walker
2040.80
now 36
26
Pete Alonso
2040.80
now 34
24
RBIhigher is better
Christian Walker
2049.80
now 43
31
Pete Alonso
2049.80
now 36
26
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Christian Walker
.0003.20
now 0
0
Pete Alonso
.0003.20
now 2
1
If you already own them — trade angle
SellChristian Walker — sell.conf 0.58
BuyPete Alonso — buy.conf 0.72
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