MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 8, 2026
Portrait of Drew Gilbert
Drew Gilbert
SF · CF
Change to
Portrait of Tim Tawa
Tim Tawa
AZ · LF
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

Drew Gilbert wins 2 (R, AVG); Tim Tawa wins 2 (HR, RBI); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Drew Gilbert
86.1
Tim Tawa
89.9
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Drew Gilbert
33.9%
Tim Tawa
42.4%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Drew Gilbert
2.6%
Tim Tawa
8.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Drew Gilbert
24.7%
Tim Tawa
31.0%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Drew Gilbert
9.1%
Tim Tawa
13.9%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Drew Gilbert
.310
Tim Tawa
.288
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
Drew Gilbert
.200.270
lg AVG .295
now .231
.239
Tim Tawa
.200.270
lg AVG .295
now .167
.219

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Drew Gilbert
54.20
now 3
1
Tim Tawa
54.20
now 1
2
Runshigher is better
Drew Gilbert
2015.20
now 12
10
Tim Tawa
2015.20
now 6
8
RBIhigher is better
Drew Gilbert
2015.20
now 12
10
Tim Tawa
2015.20
now 8
11
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Drew Gilbert
.0001.20
now 0
0
Tim Tawa
.0001.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyDrew Gilbert — hold.conf 0.60
SellTim Tawa — sell.conf 0.60
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