MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Jake Bauers
Jake Bauers
MIL · 1B
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Portrait of Sal Stewart
Sal Stewart
CIN · 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 — RBI and average. Sal Stewart’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 (RBI, AVG); Sal Stewart wins 1 (SB); 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
Sal Stewart
90.2
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Jake Bauers
52.9%
Sal Stewart
39.4%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Jake Bauers
13.5%
Sal Stewart
12.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Jake Bauers
20.9%
Sal Stewart
30.9%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Jake Bauers
11.5%
Sal Stewart
13.1%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Jake Bauers
.376
Sal Stewart
.350
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
.244
Sal Stewart
.220.290
lg AVG .295
now .261
.236

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Jake Bauers
516.40
now 9
1
Sal Stewart
516.40
now 12
1
Runshigher is better
Jake Bauers
2045.20
now 31
6
Sal Stewart
2045.20
now 34
6
RBIhigher is better
Jake Bauers
2049.40
now 33
7
Sal Stewart
2049.40
now 37
6
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Jake Bauers
.00013.60
now 4
1
Sal Stewart
.00013.60
now 10
2
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyJake Bauers — buy.conf 0.72
BuySal Stewart — buy.conf 0.67
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