MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Adrian Del Castillo
Adrian Del Castillo
AZ · DH
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Portrait of Yordan Alvarez
Yordan Alvarez
HOU · DH
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Yordan Alvarez.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Yordan Alvarez wins 5 categories (HR, R, RBI, SB, AVG); Adrian Del Castillo wins 0 (none).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Adrian Del Castillo
89.2
Yordan Alvarez
94.7
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Adrian Del Castillo
39.4%
Yordan Alvarez
53.4%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Adrian Del Castillo
6.7%
Yordan Alvarez
18.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Adrian Del Castillo
29.8%
Yordan Alvarez
27.1%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Adrian Del Castillo
13.9%
Yordan Alvarez
8.3%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Adrian Del Castillo
.261
Yordan Alvarez
.476
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
Adrian Del Castillo
.200.350
lg AVG .295
now .192
.181
Yordan Alvarez
.200.350
lg AVG .295
now .301
.296

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Adrian Del Castillo
526.80
now 4
3
Yordan Alvarez
526.80
now 20
9
Runshigher is better
Adrian Del Castillo
2051
now 9
11
Yordan Alvarez
2051
now 39
29
RBIhigher is better
Adrian Del Castillo
2046.60
now 20
24
Yordan Alvarez
2046.60
now 39
29
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Adrian Del Castillo
.0002.20
now 0
0
Yordan Alvarez
.0002.20
now 1
1
If you already own them — trade angle
SellAdrian Del Castillo — sell.conf 0.66
BuyYordan Alvarez — buy.conf 0.92
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