MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Portrait of Ozzie Albies
Ozzie Albies
ATL · 2B
Change to
Portrait of Richie Palacios
Richie Palacios
TB · 2B
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Ozzie Albies.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Ozzie Albies
86.8
Richie Palacios
85.8
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Ozzie Albies
27.0%
Richie Palacios
26.1%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Ozzie Albies
4.2%
Richie Palacios
4.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Ozzie Albies
38.1%
Richie Palacios
31.3%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Ozzie Albies
12.4%
Richie Palacios
10.0%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Ozzie Albies
.283
Richie Palacios
.306
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
Ozzie Albies
.210.290
lg AVG .295
now .274
.225
Richie Palacios
.210.290
lg AVG .295
now .248
.229

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Ozzie Albies
512.20
now 9
2
Richie Palacios
512.20
now 1
1
Runshigher is better
Ozzie Albies
2046
now 38
24
Richie Palacios
2046
now 18
18
RBIhigher is better
Ozzie Albies
2033.80
now 29
19
Richie Palacios
2033.80
now 17
17
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Ozzie Albies
.0009.80
now 0
0
Richie Palacios
.0009.80
now 7
7
If you already own them — trade angle
SellOzzie Albies — sell.conf 0.61
Hold · leans sellRichie Palacios — hold.conf 0.60
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