MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 20, 2026
Portrait of Christian Yelich
Christian Yelich
MIL · DH
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Portrait of Jake Bauers
Jake Bauers
MIL · 1B
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Jake Bauers.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Jake Bauers wins 3 categories (HR, RBI, AVG); Christian Yelich wins 1 (R); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Christian Yelich
89.1
Jake Bauers
92.5
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Christian Yelich
42.4%
Jake Bauers
52.9%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Christian Yelich
7.1%
Jake Bauers
13.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Christian Yelich
23.1%
Jake Bauers
20.6%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Christian Yelich
13.9%
Jake Bauers
11.3%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Christian Yelich
.299
Jake Bauers
.361
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 Yelich
.200.300
lg AVG .295
now .275
.214
Jake Bauers
.200.300
lg AVG .295
now .277
.244

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Christian Yelich
511
now 4
4
Jake Bauers
511
now 9
6
Runshigher is better
Christian Yelich
2035
now 21
29
Jake Bauers
2035
now 31
27
RBIhigher is better
Christian Yelich
2039
now 18
24
Jake Bauers
2039
now 33
29
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Christian Yelich
1.805.20
now 3
4
Jake Bauers
1.805.20
now 4
4
If you already own them — trade angle
SellChristian Yelich — sell.conf 0.58
BuyJake Bauers — buy.conf 0.69
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