MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 29, 2026
Elias Díaz
TEX · C
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Portrait of Patrick Bailey
Patrick Bailey
CLE · C
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Patrick Bailey.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Patrick Bailey wins 3 categories (HR, SB, AVG); Elias Díaz wins 2 (R, RBI).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Elias Díaz
85.9
Patrick Bailey
90.2
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Elias Díaz
35.2%
Patrick Bailey
40.5%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Elias Díaz
5.5%
Patrick Bailey
7.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Elias Díaz
40.5%
Patrick Bailey
32.5%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Elias Díaz
15.8%
Patrick Bailey
13.6%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Elias Díaz
.278
Patrick Bailey
.294
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
Elias Díaz
.200.260
lg AVG .295
now .227
.194
Patrick Bailey
.200.260
lg AVG .295
now .147
.222

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Elias Díaz
53.20
now 2
1
Patrick Bailey
53.20
now 2
2
Runshigher is better
Elias Díaz
2017
now 3
13
Patrick Bailey
2017
now 6
7
RBIhigher is better
Elias Díaz
2028.80
now 5
22
Patrick Bailey
2028.80
now 9
10
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Elias Díaz
.0003.20
now 0
0
Patrick Bailey
.0003.20
now 2
2
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeElias Díaz — hold.conf 0.50
Buy LowPatrick Bailey — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.68
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