MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Jake Bauers
Jake Bauers
MIL · 1B
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Portrait of Pete Alonso
Pete Alonso
BAL · 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 — runs, RBI, and steals. Pete Alonso’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 3 categories (R, RBI, SB); Pete Alonso wins 1 (AVG); 1 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Jake Bauers
92.5
Pete Alonso
93.8
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Jake Bauers
53.1%
Pete Alonso
55.0%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Jake Bauers
14.0%
Pete Alonso
12.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Jake Bauers
20.2%
Pete Alonso
26.1%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Jake Bauers
11.1%
Pete Alonso
12.3%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Jake Bauers
.365
Pete Alonso
.376
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
.220.290
lg AVG .295
now .277
.247
Pete Alonso
.220.290
lg AVG .295
now .237
.253

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Jake Bauers
5.4012.60
now 9
7
Pete Alonso
5.4012.60
now 11
7
Runshigher is better
Jake Bauers
22.8037.20
now 31
28
Pete Alonso
22.8037.20
now 34
26
RBIhigher is better
Jake Bauers
23.4039.60
now 33
30
Pete Alonso
23.4039.60
now 36
27
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Jake Bauers
.8005.20
now 4
4
Pete Alonso
.8005.20
now 2
2
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyJake Bauers — buy.conf 0.70
BuyPete Alonso — buy.conf 0.72
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