MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 29, 2026
Portrait of Drew Romo
Drew Romo
CWS · C
Change to
Joey Bart
ATL · C
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Joey Bart.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Joey Bart wins 3 categories (HR, R, AVG); Drew Romo wins 2 (RBI, SB).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Drew Romo
83.4
Joey Bart
86.5
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Drew Romo
25.8%
Joey Bart
35.2%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Drew Romo
6.7%
Joey Bart
8.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Drew Romo
32.7%
Joey Bart
31.0%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Drew Romo
14.8%
Joey Bart
13.1%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Drew Romo
.253
Joey Bart
.291
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
Drew Romo
.200.290
lg AVG .295
now .177
.175
Joey Bart
.200.290
lg AVG .295
now .259
.195

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Drew Romo
56.20
now 5
2
Joey Bart
56.20
now 2
3
Runshigher is better
Drew Romo
2020.60
now 8
14
Joey Bart
2020.60
now 9
17
RBIhigher is better
Drew Romo
2022.80
now 10
18
Joey Bart
2022.80
now 6
11
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Drew Romo
.0003.20
now 1
2
Joey Bart
.0003.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeDrew Romo — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeJoey Bart — hold.conf 0.50
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