MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 2, 2026
Javier Báez
DET · SS
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Trevor Story
BOS · SS
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Trevor Story.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Trevor Story wins 3 categories (HR, RBI, SB); Javier Báez wins 2 (R, AVG).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Javier Báez
85.2
Trevor Story
88.9
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Javier Báez
30.3%
Trevor Story
41.8%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Javier Báez
2.6%
Trevor Story
3.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Javier Báez
49.2%
Trevor Story
44.0%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Javier Báez
14.8%
Trevor Story
17.6%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Javier Báez
.301
Trevor Story
.248
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
05

The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · batting average
AVGhigher is better
Javier Báez
.200.300
lg AVG .295
now .256
.275
Trevor Story
.200.300
lg AVG .295
now .206
.203

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Javier Báez
54.20
now 2
1
Trevor Story
54.20
now 3
2
Runshigher is better
Javier Báez
2019.20
now 10
14
Trevor Story
2019.20
now 16
13
RBIhigher is better
Javier Báez
2024.20
now 6
9
Trevor Story
2024.20
now 19
15
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Javier Báez
.0005.20
now 1
1
Trevor Story
.0005.20
now 4
3
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeJavier Báez — hold.conf 0.50
SellTrevor Story — sell.conf 0.68
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