MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 12, 2026
Portrait of Cody Bellinger
Cody Bellinger
NYY · LF
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Nelson Velázquez
STL · LF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Cody Bellinger.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Cody Bellinger wins 3 categories (R, SB, AVG); Nelson Velázquez wins 2 (HR, RBI).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Cody Bellinger
88.9
Nelson Velázquez
94.7
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Cody Bellinger
37.0%
Nelson Velázquez
66.7%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Cody Bellinger
6.7%
Nelson Velázquez
11.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Cody Bellinger
29.6%
Nelson Velázquez
30.9%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Cody Bellinger
9.0%
Nelson Velázquez
18.3%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Cody Bellinger
.348
Nelson Velázquez
.394
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
Cody Bellinger
.200.430
lg AVG .295
now .271
.249
Nelson Velázquez
.200.430
lg AVG .295
now .375
.235

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Cody Bellinger
510.80
now 8
4
Nelson Velázquez
510.80
now 1
5
Runshigher is better
Cody Bellinger
2051
now 37
32
Nelson Velázquez
2051
now 2
31
RBIhigher is better
Cody Bellinger
2063.20
now 38
33
Nelson Velázquez
2063.20
now 3
46
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Cody Bellinger
.0007
now 5
4
Nelson Velázquez
.0007
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans buyCody Bellinger — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · wait & seeNelson Velázquez — hold.conf 0.50
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