MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 31, 2026
Portrait of Harrison Bader
Harrison Bader
SF · CF
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Portrait of James Wood
James Wood
WSH · RF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

James Wood.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

James Wood wins 5 categories (HR, R, RBI, SB, AVG); Harrison Bader wins 0 (none).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Harrison Bader
89.2
James Wood
95.2
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Harrison Bader
41.1%
James Wood
58.5%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Harrison Bader
8.2%
James Wood
21.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Harrison Bader
38.7%
James Wood
22.3%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Harrison Bader
17.1%
James Wood
12.0%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Harrison Bader
.272
James Wood
.424
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
Harrison Bader
.200.310
lg AVG .295
now .170
.184
James Wood
.200.310
lg AVG .295
now .272
.250

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Harrison Bader
521.60
now 5
2
James Wood
521.60
now 16
7
Runshigher is better
Harrison Bader
2070.20
now 10
12
James Wood
2070.20
now 53
31
RBIhigher is better
Harrison Bader
2049
now 14
16
James Wood
2049
now 39
23
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Harrison Bader
.00014
now 0
0
James Wood
.00014
now 10
6
If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowHarrison Bader — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.67
BuyJames Wood — buy.conf 0.82
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