MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of David Hamilton
David Hamilton
MIL · 3B
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Portrait of Manny Machado
Manny Machado
SD · 3B
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

David Hamilton.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

David Hamilton wins 3 categories (R, SB, AVG); Manny Machado 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
David Hamilton
87.0
Manny Machado
90.6
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
David Hamilton
28.3%
Manny Machado
45.2%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
David Hamilton
3.3%
Manny Machado
9.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
David Hamilton
29.4%
Manny Machado
30.1%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
David Hamilton
9.8%
Manny Machado
12.2%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
David Hamilton
.276
Manny Machado
.338
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
David Hamilton
.200.270
lg AVG .295
now .239
.228
Manny Machado
.200.270
lg AVG .295
now .174
.210

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
David Hamilton
514
now 1
0
Manny Machado
514
now 10
1
Runshigher is better
David Hamilton
2037.20
now 25
6
Manny Machado
2037.20
now 28
5
RBIhigher is better
David Hamilton
2041.20
now 9
2
Manny Machado
2041.20
now 30
6
Stolen Baseshigher is better
David Hamilton
.00018.20
now 13
3
Manny Machado
.00018.20
now 1
0
If you already own them — trade angle
SellDavid Hamilton — sell.conf 0.63
BuyManny Machado — buy.conf 0.65
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