MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Nico Hoerner
Nico Hoerner
CHC · 2B
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Portrait of Ozzie Albies
Ozzie Albies
ATL · 2B
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Nico Hoerner.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Nico Hoerner wins 3 categories (RBI, SB, AVG); Ozzie Albies wins 2 (HR, R).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Nico Hoerner
85.9
Ozzie Albies
87.1
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Nico Hoerner
27.7%
Ozzie Albies
27.7%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Nico Hoerner
0.9%
Ozzie Albies
4.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Nico Hoerner
30.3%
Ozzie Albies
36.5%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Nico Hoerner
5.1%
Ozzie Albies
11.4%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Nico Hoerner
.317
Ozzie Albies
.292
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
Nico Hoerner
.220.290
lg AVG .295
now .252
.253
Ozzie Albies
.220.290
lg AVG .295
now .274
.232

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Nico Hoerner
512.20
now 4
1
Ozzie Albies
512.20
now 9
3
Runshigher is better
Nico Hoerner
2046
now 24
18
Ozzie Albies
2046
now 38
29
RBIhigher is better
Nico Hoerner
2037.40
now 33
24
Ozzie Albies
2037.40
now 29
22
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Nico Hoerner
.00015.40
now 11
8
Ozzie Albies
.00015.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyNico Hoerner — hold.conf 0.60
SellOzzie Albies — sell.conf 0.60
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