MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Donovan Walton
Donovan Walton
ATH · 2B
Change to
Portrait of Richie Palacios
Richie Palacios
TB · 2B
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22, 1 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Donovan Walton wins 2 (R, AVG); Richie Palacios wins 2 (RBI, SB); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Donovan Walton
87.5
Richie Palacios
86.2
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Donovan Walton
33.1%
Richie Palacios
27.7%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Donovan Walton
5.3%
Richie Palacios
4.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Donovan Walton
29.2%
Richie Palacios
32.4%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Donovan Walton
13.4%
Richie Palacios
10.0%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Donovan Walton
.340
Richie Palacios
.305
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
05

The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · batting average
AVGhigher is better
Donovan Walton
.200.350
lg AVG .295
now .310
.257
Richie Palacios
.200.350
lg AVG .295
now .248
.220

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Donovan Walton
52.20
now 0
0
Richie Palacios
52.20
now 1
0
Runshigher is better
Donovan Walton
2023.20
now 7
8
Richie Palacios
2023.20
now 18
5
RBIhigher is better
Donovan Walton
2023.40
now 1
1
Richie Palacios
2023.40
now 17
5
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Donovan Walton
.0009.80
now 0
0
Richie Palacios
.0009.80
now 7
2
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans buyDonovan Walton — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · leans sellRichie Palacios — hold.conf 0.60
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