MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Liam Hicks
Liam Hicks
MIA · C
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Portrait of Samuel Basallo
Samuel Basallo
BAL · C
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Liam Hicks.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Liam Hicks wins 4 categories (R, RBI, SB, AVG); Samuel Basallo wins 1 (HR).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Liam Hicks
85.4
Samuel Basallo
91.4
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Liam Hicks
30.3%
Samuel Basallo
45.8%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Liam Hicks
3.6%
Samuel Basallo
12.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Liam Hicks
26.3%
Samuel Basallo
40.3%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Liam Hicks
4.3%
Samuel Basallo
16.6%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Liam Hicks
.309
Samuel Basallo
.337
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
Liam Hicks
.200.310
lg AVG .295
now .268
.229
Samuel Basallo
.200.310
lg AVG .295
now .283
.227

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Liam Hicks
516
now 12
2
Samuel Basallo
516
now 9
5
Runshigher is better
Liam Hicks
2032.20
now 29
24
Samuel Basallo
2032.20
now 23
22
RBIhigher is better
Liam Hicks
2054.80
now 46
38
Samuel Basallo
2054.80
now 25
24
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Liam Hicks
.0002.20
now 1
1
Samuel Basallo
.0002.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyLiam Hicks — hold.conf 0.60
BuySamuel Basallo — buy.conf 0.64
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