MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 2, 2026
Portrait of Freddie Freeman
Freddie Freeman
LAD · 1B
Change to
Portrait of Jake Bauers
Jake Bauers
MIL · 1B
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Jake Bauers.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Jake Bauers wins 4 categories (HR, R, RBI, SB); Freddie Freeman wins 1 (AVG).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Freddie Freeman
90.2
Jake Bauers
92.7
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Freddie Freeman
44.0%
Jake Bauers
53.8%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Freddie Freeman
9.6%
Jake Bauers
13.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Freddie Freeman
28.2%
Jake Bauers
20.5%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Freddie Freeman
11.1%
Jake Bauers
11.3%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Freddie Freeman
.383
Jake Bauers
.365
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
Freddie Freeman
.230.300
lg AVG .295
now .266
.289
Jake Bauers
.230.300
lg AVG .295
now .277
.249

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Freddie Freeman
511
now 8
4
Jake Bauers
511
now 9
5
Runshigher is better
Freddie Freeman
2036.20
now 29
18
Jake Bauers
2036.20
now 31
22
RBIhigher is better
Freddie Freeman
2039
now 30
18
Jake Bauers
2039
now 33
23
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Freddie Freeman
.0005.20
now 2
1
Jake Bauers
.0005.20
now 4
3
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyFreddie Freeman — buy.conf 0.74
BuyJake Bauers — buy.conf 0.70
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