MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 16, 2026
Portrait of Derek Hill
Derek Hill
PHI · RF
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Portrait of Ryan Waldschmidt
Ryan Waldschmidt
AZ · CF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Ryan Waldschmidt.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Ryan Waldschmidt wins 3 categories (R, RBI, AVG); Derek Hill wins 2 (HR, SB).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Derek Hill
90.4
Ryan Waldschmidt
86.9
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Derek Hill
34.9%
Ryan Waldschmidt
35.1%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Derek Hill
10.8%
Ryan Waldschmidt
8.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Derek Hill
34.2%
Ryan Waldschmidt
24.7%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Derek Hill
18.0%
Ryan Waldschmidt
15.6%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Derek Hill
.298
Ryan Waldschmidt
.282
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
Derek Hill
.200.310
lg AVG .295
now .234
.219
Ryan Waldschmidt
.200.310
lg AVG .295
now .284
.238

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Derek Hill
55.60
now 3
4
Ryan Waldschmidt
55.60
now 0
3
Runshigher is better
Derek Hill
2023
now 9
17
Ryan Waldschmidt
2023
now 10
19
RBIhigher is better
Derek Hill
2017.20
now 6
11
Ryan Waldschmidt
2017.20
now 7
14
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Derek Hill
2.6013.40
now 6
11
Ryan Waldschmidt
2.6013.40
now 5
10
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeDerek Hill — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeRyan Waldschmidt — hold.conf 0.50
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