MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 7, 2026
Portrait of Ezequiel Tovar
Ezequiel Tovar
COL · SS
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Javier Báez
DET · SS
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Ezequiel Tovar.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Ezequiel Tovar wins 3 categories (HR, RBI, SB); Javier Báez wins 2 (R, AVG).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Ezequiel Tovar
87.5
Javier Báez
84.7
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Ezequiel Tovar
34.5%
Javier Báez
28.4%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Ezequiel Tovar
6.4%
Javier Báez
2.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Ezequiel Tovar
45.1%
Javier Báez
48.3%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Ezequiel Tovar
18.2%
Javier Báez
15.5%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Ezequiel Tovar
.274
Javier Báez
.284
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
Ezequiel Tovar
.200.280
lg AVG .295
now .216
.207
Javier Báez
.200.280
lg AVG .295
now .256
.255

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Ezequiel Tovar
55.20
now 4
2
Javier Báez
55.20
now 2
1
Runshigher is better
Ezequiel Tovar
2020.20
now 17
10
Javier Báez
2020.20
now 10
13
RBIhigher is better
Ezequiel Tovar
2025.60
now 20
12
Javier Báez
2025.60
now 6
8
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Ezequiel Tovar
.0005.20
now 4
2
Javier Báez
.0005.20
now 1
1
If you already own them — trade angle
SellEzequiel Tovar — sell.conf 0.63
Hold · wait & seeJavier Báez — hold.conf 0.50
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