MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 8, 2026
Portrait of Harrison Bader
Harrison Bader
SF · CF
Change to
Matt Shaw
CHC · RF
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 (HR, RBI); Matt Shaw wins 2 (SB, AVG); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Harrison Bader
89.2
Matt Shaw
86.8
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Harrison Bader
41.1%
Matt Shaw
36.2%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Harrison Bader
8.2%
Matt Shaw
4.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Harrison Bader
38.7%
Matt Shaw
35.6%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Harrison Bader
17.1%
Matt Shaw
9.3%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Harrison Bader
.272
Matt Shaw
.301
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
.200.270
lg AVG .295
now .170
.183
Matt Shaw
.200.270
lg AVG .295
now .240
.227

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Harrison Bader
56.60
now 5
2
Matt Shaw
56.60
now 3
1
Runshigher is better
Harrison Bader
2013.20
now 10
10
Matt Shaw
2013.20
now 10
10
RBIhigher is better
Harrison Bader
2017.20
now 14
14
Matt Shaw
2017.20
now 12
11
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Harrison Bader
.0004.20
now 0
0
Matt Shaw
.0004.20
now 3
3
If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowHarrison Bader — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.67
Hold · wait & seeMatt Shaw — hold.conf 0.50
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