MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 10, 2026
Portrait of A.J. Ewing
A.J. Ewing
NYM · CF
Change to
Esmerlyn Valdez
PIT · RF
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

A.J. Ewing.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

A.J. Ewing wins 3 categories (R, SB, AVG); Esmerlyn Valdez wins 2 (HR, RBI).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
A.J. Ewing
89.4
Esmerlyn Valdez
90.6
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
A.J. Ewing
44.3%
Esmerlyn Valdez
48.9%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
A.J. Ewing
8.4%
Esmerlyn Valdez
25.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
A.J. Ewing
26.8%
Esmerlyn Valdez
24.9%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
A.J. Ewing
10.0%
Esmerlyn Valdez
16.3%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
A.J. Ewing
.357
Esmerlyn Valdez
.349
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
A.J. Ewing
.200.300
lg AVG .295
now .224
.247
Esmerlyn Valdez
.200.300
lg AVG .295
now .111
.190

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
A.J. Ewing
512.20
now 1
4
Esmerlyn Valdez
512.20
now 2
9
Runshigher is better
A.J. Ewing
2024.40
now 8
18
Esmerlyn Valdez
2024.40
now 2
15
RBIhigher is better
A.J. Ewing
2051.20
now 6
14
Esmerlyn Valdez
2051.20
now 5
38
Stolen Baseshigher is better
A.J. Ewing
.00012.60
now 4
9
Esmerlyn Valdez
.00012.60
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyA.J. Ewing — buy.conf 0.68
Sell HighEsmerlyn Valdez — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.70
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