MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Dansby Swanson
Dansby Swanson
CHC · SS
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Portrait of Willy Adames
Willy Adames
SF · SS
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Dansby Swanson.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Dansby Swanson wins 3 categories (R, RBI, SB); Willy Adames wins 2 (HR, AVG).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Dansby Swanson
89.9
Willy Adames
88.4
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Dansby Swanson
42.8%
Willy Adames
40.6%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Dansby Swanson
7.6%
Willy Adames
9.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Dansby Swanson
26.4%
Willy Adames
32.4%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Dansby Swanson
14.3%
Willy Adames
14.0%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Dansby Swanson
.298
Willy Adames
.294
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
Dansby Swanson
.200.260
lg AVG .295
now .183
.193
Willy Adames
.200.260
lg AVG .295
now .239
.216

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Dansby Swanson
59.60
now 7
4
Willy Adames
59.60
now 8
5
Runshigher is better
Dansby Swanson
2038.80
now 34
28
Willy Adames
2038.80
now 28
22
RBIhigher is better
Dansby Swanson
2030.60
now 27
22
Willy Adames
2030.60
now 23
18
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Dansby Swanson
.0006.60
now 5
4
Willy Adames
.0006.60
now 1
1
If you already own them — trade angle
SellDansby Swanson — sell.conf 0.58
SellWilly Adames — sell.conf 0.59
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