MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Christian Yelich
Christian Yelich
MIL · DH
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Portrait of Michael Busch
Michael Busch
CHC · 1B
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Michael Busch.

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

Michael Busch wins 3 categories (HR, RBI, AVG); Christian Yelich wins 2 (R, SB).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Christian Yelich
89.2
Michael Busch
88.2
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Christian Yelich
42.3%
Michael Busch
40.4%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Christian Yelich
7.1%
Michael Busch
10.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Christian Yelich
23.0%
Michael Busch
23.8%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Christian Yelich
13.9%
Michael Busch
10.4%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Christian Yelich
.296
Michael Busch
.344
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
.212
Michael Busch
.200.300
lg AVG .295
now .243
.231

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Christian Yelich
57.20
now 4
4
Michael Busch
57.20
now 6
6
Runshigher is better
Christian Yelich
2032.60
now 21
29
Michael Busch
2032.60
now 26
20
RBIhigher is better
Christian Yelich
2041.80
now 18
25
Michael Busch
2041.80
now 35
26
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Christian Yelich
.0005.20
now 3
4
Michael Busch
.0005.20
now 1
1
If you already own them — trade angle
SellChristian Yelich — sell.conf 0.59
BuyMichael Busch — buy.conf 0.66
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