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

Richie Palacios.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Richie Palacios wins 3 categories (R, RBI, AVG); Travis Bazzana 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
Richie Palacios
85.8
Travis Bazzana
88.0
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Richie Palacios
26.1%
Travis Bazzana
35.5%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Richie Palacios
4.0%
Travis Bazzana
4.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Richie Palacios
31.3%
Travis Bazzana
26.0%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Richie Palacios
10.0%
Travis Bazzana
11.3%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Richie Palacios
.306
Travis Bazzana
.302
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
Richie Palacios
.200.330
lg AVG .295
now .248
.229
Travis Bazzana
.200.330
lg AVG .295
now .294
.214

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Richie Palacios
54.20
now 1
1
Travis Bazzana
54.20
now 3
2
Runshigher is better
Richie Palacios
2021.20
now 18
18
Travis Bazzana
2021.20
now 13
15
RBIhigher is better
Richie Palacios
2020.20
now 17
17
Travis Bazzana
2020.20
now 11
13
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Richie Palacios
5.8010.20
now 7
7
Travis Bazzana
5.8010.20
now 8
9
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans sellRichie Palacios — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · leans sellTravis Bazzana — hold.conf 0.60
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