MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 29, 2026
Portrait of Harrison Bader
Harrison Bader
SF · CF
Change to
Portrait of James Outman
James Outman
DET · CF
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22, 1 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Harrison Bader wins 2 (RBI, AVG); James Outman wins 2 (R, SB); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Harrison Bader
89.2
James Outman
86.1
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Harrison Bader
41.1%
James Outman
36.1%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Harrison Bader
8.2%
James Outman
6.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Harrison Bader
38.7%
James Outman
30.5%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Harrison Bader
17.1%
James Outman
21.6%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Harrison Bader
.272
James Outman
.208
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
05

The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · batting average
AVGhigher is better
Harrison Bader
.200.200
lg AVG .295
now .170
.184
James Outman
.200.200
lg AVG .295
now .161
.162

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Harrison Bader
57
now 5
2
James Outman
57
now 0
2
Runshigher is better
Harrison Bader
2017.20
now 10
12
James Outman
2017.20
now 9
14
RBIhigher is better
Harrison Bader
2022.60
now 14
17
James Outman
2022.60
now 3
5
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Harrison Bader
.0008.40
now 0
0
James Outman
.0008.40
now 4
6
If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowHarrison Bader — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.67
SellJames Outman — sell.conf 0.76
Tweet