MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Gabriel Moreno
Gabriel Moreno
AZ · C
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Portrait of Liam Hicks
Liam Hicks
MIA · C
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Gabriel Moreno.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Gabriel Moreno wins 3 categories (HR, SB, AVG); Liam Hicks 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
Gabriel Moreno
89.4
Liam Hicks
85.4
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Gabriel Moreno
42.5%
Liam Hicks
30.3%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Gabriel Moreno
7.5%
Liam Hicks
3.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Gabriel Moreno
30.4%
Liam Hicks
26.3%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Gabriel Moreno
6.9%
Liam Hicks
4.3%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Gabriel Moreno
.370
Liam Hicks
.309
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
Gabriel Moreno
.210.300
lg AVG .295
now .258
.278
Liam Hicks
.210.300
lg AVG .295
now .268
.229

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Gabriel Moreno
516
now 3
3
Liam Hicks
516
now 12
2
Runshigher is better
Gabriel Moreno
2033.40
now 18
22
Liam Hicks
2033.40
now 29
24
RBIhigher is better
Gabriel Moreno
2056.80
now 19
23
Liam Hicks
2056.80
now 46
38
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Gabriel Moreno
.0005.20
now 3
4
Liam Hicks
.0005.20
now 1
1
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyGabriel Moreno — buy.conf 0.71
Hold · steadyLiam Hicks — hold.conf 0.60
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