MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 7, 2026
Portrait of Jake Bauers
Jake Bauers
MIL · 1B
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Portrait of Munetaka Murakami
Munetaka Murakami
CWS · 1B
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Munetaka Murakami.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Munetaka Murakami wins 3 categories (HR, R, RBI); Jake Bauers wins 2 (SB, AVG).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Jake Bauers
92.6
Munetaka Murakami
94.1
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Jake Bauers
52.9%
Munetaka Murakami
59.0%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Jake Bauers
13.6%
Munetaka Murakami
19.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Jake Bauers
20.4%
Munetaka Murakami
22.1%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Jake Bauers
11.3%
Munetaka Murakami
17.5%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Jake Bauers
.368
Munetaka Murakami
.367
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
.200.320
lg AVG .295
now .277
.249
Munetaka Murakami
.200.320
lg AVG .295
now .240
.179

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Jake Bauers
526.40
now 9
4
Munetaka Murakami
526.40
now 20
5
Runshigher is better
Jake Bauers
2052.20
now 31
20
Munetaka Murakami
2052.20
now 43
24
RBIhigher is better
Jake Bauers
2049
now 33
21
Munetaka Murakami
2049
now 41
23
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Jake Bauers
.0005.20
now 4
3
Munetaka Murakami
.0005.20
now 1
1
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyJake Bauers — buy.conf 0.71
BuyMunetaka Murakami — buy.conf 0.70
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