MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 31, 2026
Drake Baldwin
ATL · C
Change to
Portrait of Kyle Higashioka
Kyle Higashioka
TEX · C
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Drake Baldwin.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Drake Baldwin wins 5 categories (HR, R, RBI, SB, AVG); Kyle Higashioka wins 0 (none).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Drake Baldwin
91.5
Kyle Higashioka
88.2
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Drake Baldwin
50.6%
Kyle Higashioka
38.1%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Drake Baldwin
14.7%
Kyle Higashioka
8.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Drake Baldwin
33.2%
Kyle Higashioka
31.1%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Drake Baldwin
11.9%
Kyle Higashioka
11.6%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Drake Baldwin
.386
Kyle Higashioka
.295
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
Drake Baldwin
.200.340
lg AVG .295
now .303
.256
Kyle Higashioka
.200.340
lg AVG .295
now .211
.204

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Drake Baldwin
517
now 13
5
Kyle Higashioka
517
now 3
3
Runshigher is better
Drake Baldwin
2050.60
now 39
28
Kyle Higashioka
2050.60
now 10
13
RBIhigher is better
Drake Baldwin
2049.20
now 38
27
Kyle Higashioka
2049.20
now 10
13
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Drake Baldwin
.0002.20
now 1
1
Kyle Higashioka
.0002.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyDrake Baldwin — buy.conf 0.74
SellKyle Higashioka — sell.conf 0.59
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