MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Jake Bauers
Jake Bauers
MIL · 1B
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Portrait of Yordan Alvarez
Yordan Alvarez
HOU · DH
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Yordan Alvarez.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

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

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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
Yordan Alvarez
94.7
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Jake Bauers
53.1%
Yordan Alvarez
53.4%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Jake Bauers
14.0%
Yordan Alvarez
18.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Jake Bauers
20.2%
Yordan Alvarez
27.1%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Jake Bauers
11.1%
Yordan Alvarez
8.3%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Jake Bauers
.365
Yordan Alvarez
.476
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
.230.320
lg AVG .295
now .277
.247
Yordan Alvarez
.230.320
lg AVG .295
now .301
.296

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Jake Bauers
525.20
now 9
7
Yordan Alvarez
525.20
now 20
9
Runshigher is better
Jake Bauers
23.6043.40
now 31
28
Yordan Alvarez
23.6043.40
now 39
29
RBIhigher is better
Jake Bauers
2543
now 33
30
Yordan Alvarez
2543
now 39
29
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Jake Bauers
.0005.20
now 4
4
Yordan Alvarez
.0005.20
now 1
1
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyJake Bauers — buy.conf 0.70
BuyYordan Alvarez — buy.conf 0.92
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