MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 2, 2026
Portrait of Adley Rutschman
Adley Rutschman
BAL · C
Change to
Yainer Diaz
HOU · C
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Adley Rutschman.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Adley Rutschman wins 2 categories (R, RBI); Yainer Diaz wins 1 (AVG); 2 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Adley Rutschman
89.4
Yainer Diaz
87.9
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Adley Rutschman
42.0%
Yainer Diaz
34.3%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Adley Rutschman
7.1%
Yainer Diaz
5.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Adley Rutschman
25.1%
Yainer Diaz
41.9%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Adley Rutschman
6.5%
Yainer Diaz
12.3%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Adley Rutschman
.348
Yainer Diaz
.315
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
05

The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · batting average
AVGhigher is better
Adley Rutschman
.230.280
lg AVG .295
now .252
.245
Yainer Diaz
.230.280
lg AVG .295
now .238
.266

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Adley Rutschman
59
now 7
2
Yainer Diaz
59
now 2
2
Runshigher is better
Adley Rutschman
2025.20
now 20
16
Yainer Diaz
2025.20
now 7
9
RBIhigher is better
Adley Rutschman
2035
now 29
23
Yainer Diaz
2035
now 14
17
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Adley Rutschman
.0001.20
now 0
0
Yainer Diaz
.0001.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyAdley Rutschman — buy.conf 0.67
Hold · steadyYainer Diaz — hold.conf 0.60
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