MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 21, 2026
Portrait of Nick Fortes
Nick Fortes
TB · C
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Portrait of Patrick Bailey
Patrick Bailey
CLE · C
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Nick Fortes.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Nick Fortes wins 3 categories (R, RBI, AVG); Patrick Bailey wins 2 (HR, SB).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Nick Fortes
85.8
Patrick Bailey
90.5
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Nick Fortes
36.2%
Patrick Bailey
40.4%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Nick Fortes
1.6%
Patrick Bailey
6.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Nick Fortes
39.7%
Patrick Bailey
31.9%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Nick Fortes
8.9%
Patrick Bailey
13.9%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Nick Fortes
.270
Patrick Bailey
.274
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
Nick Fortes
.200.290
lg AVG .295
now .250
.239
Patrick Bailey
.200.290
lg AVG .295
now .147
.210

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Nick Fortes
54.20
now 1
1
Patrick Bailey
54.20
now 2
3
Runshigher is better
Nick Fortes
2015.20
now 11
12
Patrick Bailey
2015.20
now 6
8
RBIhigher is better
Nick Fortes
2017.20
now 13
14
Patrick Bailey
2017.20
now 9
11
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Nick Fortes
.0004.20
now 0
0
Patrick Bailey
.0004.20
now 2
3
If you already own them — trade angle
SellNick Fortes — sell.conf 0.64
Buy LowPatrick Bailey — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.69
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