MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 3, 2026
Portrait of Iván Herrera
Iván Herrera
STL · DH
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Portrait of Michael Busch
Michael Busch
CHC · 1B
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Michael Busch.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Michael Busch wins 2 categories (HR, RBI); Iván Herrera wins 1 (R); 2 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Iván Herrera
89.1
Michael Busch
88.4
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Iván Herrera
39.0%
Michael Busch
40.3%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Iván Herrera
5.5%
Michael Busch
9.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Iván Herrera
28.2%
Michael Busch
25.1%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Iván Herrera
9.1%
Michael Busch
10.9%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Iván Herrera
.332
Michael Busch
.336
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
Iván Herrera
.220.270
lg AVG .295
now .260
.231
Michael Busch
.220.270
lg AVG .295
now .243
.230

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Iván Herrera
58.60
now 7
3
Michael Busch
58.60
now 6
4
Runshigher is better
Iván Herrera
2043
now 35
20
Michael Busch
2043
now 26
15
RBIhigher is better
Iván Herrera
2042.60
now 27
16
Michael Busch
2042.60
now 35
20
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Iván Herrera
.0003.20
now 2
1
Michael Busch
.0003.20
now 1
1
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyIván Herrera — buy.conf 0.63
BuyMichael Busch — buy.conf 0.64
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