MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 22, 2026
Portrait of Luis García Jr.
Luis García Jr.
WSH · 1B
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Portrait of Michael Busch
Michael Busch
CHC · 1B
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Luis García Jr..

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — RBI, steals, and average. Michael Busch’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Luis García Jr. wins 3 categories (RBI, SB, AVG); Michael Busch wins 2 (HR, R).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Luis García Jr.
91.8
Michael Busch
88.3
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Luis García Jr.
46.4%
Michael Busch
40.4%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Luis García Jr.
10.3%
Michael Busch
10.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Luis García Jr.
40.6%
Michael Busch
24.2%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Luis García Jr.
10.6%
Michael Busch
10.6%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Luis García Jr.
.355
Michael Busch
.344
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
Luis García Jr.
.210.290
lg AVG .295
now .264
.276
Michael Busch
.210.290
lg AVG .295
now .243
.232

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Luis García Jr.
57.20
now 5
4
Michael Busch
57.20
now 6
6
Runshigher is better
Luis García Jr.
2029.20
now 21
18
Michael Busch
2029.20
now 26
19
RBIhigher is better
Luis García Jr.
2139
now 30
26
Michael Busch
2139
now 35
25
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Luis García Jr.
.0003.20
now 2
2
Michael Busch
.0003.20
now 1
1
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyLuis García Jr. — buy.conf 0.68
BuyMichael Busch — buy.conf 0.66
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