MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 11, 2026
Portrait of Andrew Benintendi
Andrew Benintendi
CWS · DH
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Eduardo Valencia
DET · DH
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Eduardo Valencia.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Eduardo Valencia wins 2 categories (R, RBI); Andrew Benintendi wins 1 (AVG); 2 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Andrew Benintendi
89.3
Eduardo Valencia
89.3
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Andrew Benintendi
45.6%
Eduardo Valencia
44.8%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Andrew Benintendi
8.8%
Eduardo Valencia
17.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Andrew Benintendi
33.3%
Eduardo Valencia
35.2%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Andrew Benintendi
14.5%
Eduardo Valencia
15.6%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Andrew Benintendi
.314
Eduardo Valencia
.323
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
Andrew Benintendi
.200.480
lg AVG .295
now .238
.223
Eduardo Valencia
.200.480
lg AVG .295
now .417
.185

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Andrew Benintendi
56.60
now 5
1
Eduardo Valencia
56.60
now 2
1
Runshigher is better
Andrew Benintendi
2028.20
now 21
4
Eduardo Valencia
2028.20
now 3
6
RBIhigher is better
Andrew Benintendi
2036.60
now 27
5
Eduardo Valencia
2036.60
now 3
6
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Andrew Benintendi
.0002.20
now 1
0
Eduardo Valencia
.0002.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyAndrew Benintendi — hold.conf 0.60
Sell HighEduardo Valencia — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.70
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