MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Andrew Benintendi
Andrew Benintendi
CWS · 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, and average.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Yordan Alvarez wins 4 categories (HR, R, RBI, AVG); Andrew Benintendi wins 0 (none); 1 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Andrew Benintendi
89.1
Yordan Alvarez
94.7
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Andrew Benintendi
48.7%
Yordan Alvarez
53.4%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Andrew Benintendi
9.7%
Yordan Alvarez
18.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Andrew Benintendi
31.8%
Yordan Alvarez
27.1%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Andrew Benintendi
14.6%
Yordan Alvarez
8.3%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Andrew Benintendi
.328
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
Andrew Benintendi
.210.330
lg AVG .295
now .238
.239
Yordan Alvarez
.210.330
lg AVG .295
now .301
.296

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Andrew Benintendi
526.40
now 5
4
Yordan Alvarez
526.40
now 20
9
Runshigher is better
Andrew Benintendi
2047
now 21
19
Yordan Alvarez
2047
now 39
29
RBIhigher is better
Andrew Benintendi
2044.60
now 27
25
Yordan Alvarez
2044.60
now 39
29
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Andrew Benintendi
.0002.20
now 1
1
Yordan Alvarez
.0002.20
now 1
1
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans buyAndrew Benintendi — hold.conf 0.60
BuyYordan Alvarez — buy.conf 0.92
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