MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Matt McLain
Matt McLain
CIN · 2B
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Portrait of Travis Bazzana
Travis Bazzana
CLE · 2B
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Matt McLain.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Matt McLain wins 4 categories (HR, R, RBI, AVG); Travis Bazzana wins 1 (SB).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Matt McLain
88.8
Travis Bazzana
88.1
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Matt McLain
38.0%
Travis Bazzana
36.4%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Matt McLain
9.1%
Travis Bazzana
4.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Matt McLain
25.3%
Travis Bazzana
26.0%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Matt McLain
11.7%
Travis Bazzana
12.1%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Matt McLain
.317
Travis Bazzana
.295
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
Matt McLain
.200.330
lg AVG .295
now .198
.213
Travis Bazzana
.200.330
lg AVG .295
now .294
.211

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Matt McLain
56.20
now 5
4
Travis Bazzana
56.20
now 3
2
Runshigher is better
Matt McLain
2025.60
now 22
18
Travis Bazzana
2025.60
now 13
17
RBIhigher is better
Matt McLain
2025
now 21
17
Travis Bazzana
2025
now 11
15
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Matt McLain
413
now 7
6
Travis Bazzana
413
now 8
11
If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowMatt McLain — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.67
SellTravis Bazzana — sell.conf 0.59
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