MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 11, 2026
Portrait of Jake Bauers
Jake Bauers
MIL · 1B
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Portrait of Jonathan Aranda
Jonathan Aranda
TB · 1B
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Jake Bauers.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Jake Bauers wins 2 categories (SB, AVG); Jonathan Aranda wins 1 (RBI); 2 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Jake Bauers
92.4
Jonathan Aranda
91.1
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Jake Bauers
52.9%
Jonathan Aranda
45.5%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Jake Bauers
13.5%
Jonathan Aranda
9.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Jake Bauers
20.9%
Jonathan Aranda
28.9%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Jake Bauers
11.5%
Jonathan Aranda
10.5%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Jake Bauers
.376
Jonathan Aranda
.348
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
Jake Bauers
.220.300
lg AVG .295
now .277
.244
Jonathan Aranda
.220.300
lg AVG .295
now .283
.241

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Jake Bauers
515
now 9
1
Jonathan Aranda
515
now 11
1
Runshigher is better
Jake Bauers
2045.20
now 31
6
Jonathan Aranda
2045.20
now 34
6
RBIhigher is better
Jake Bauers
2057.80
now 33
6
Jonathan Aranda
2057.80
now 43
7
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Jake Bauers
.0005.60
now 4
1
Jonathan Aranda
.0005.60
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyJake Bauers — buy.conf 0.72
BuyJonathan Aranda — buy.conf 0.67
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