MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 5, 2026
Francisco Alvarez
NYM · C
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Portrait of Liam Hicks
Liam Hicks
TB · C
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Liam Hicks.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Liam Hicks wins 3 categories (R, RBI, SB); Francisco Alvarez wins 2 (HR, AVG).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Francisco Alvarez
90.1
Liam Hicks
85.2
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Francisco Alvarez
44.4%
Liam Hicks
29.5%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Francisco Alvarez
17.0%
Liam Hicks
3.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Francisco Alvarez
31.9%
Liam Hicks
26.8%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Francisco Alvarez
15.3%
Liam Hicks
4.5%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Francisco Alvarez
.348
Liam Hicks
.310
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
Francisco Alvarez
.210.280
lg AVG .295
now .243
.243
Liam Hicks
.210.280
lg AVG .295
now .268
.230

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Francisco Alvarez
516.40
now 4
4
Liam Hicks
516.40
now 12
1
Runshigher is better
Francisco Alvarez
2036.20
now 12
11
Liam Hicks
2036.20
now 29
17
RBIhigher is better
Francisco Alvarez
2060.80
now 10
9
Liam Hicks
2060.80
now 46
28
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Francisco Alvarez
.0002.20
now 0
0
Liam Hicks
.0002.20
now 1
1
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyFrancisco Alvarez — buy.conf 0.67
Hold · steadyLiam Hicks — hold.conf 0.60
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