MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Blake Dunn
Blake Dunn
CIN · CF
Change to
Esmerlyn Valdez
PIT · RF
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Blake Dunn.

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

Blake Dunn wins 3 categories (R, SB, AVG); Esmerlyn Valdez wins 2 (HR, RBI).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Blake Dunn
89.2
Esmerlyn Valdez
91.7
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Blake Dunn
30.3%
Esmerlyn Valdez
48.9%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Blake Dunn
2.7%
Esmerlyn Valdez
20.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Blake Dunn
28.7%
Esmerlyn Valdez
20.9%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Blake Dunn
10.9%
Esmerlyn Valdez
16.7%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Blake Dunn
.280
Esmerlyn Valdez
.330
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
Blake Dunn
.200.330
lg AVG .295
now .269
.235
Esmerlyn Valdez
.200.330
lg AVG .295
now .111
.151

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Blake Dunn
53.20
now 1
0
Esmerlyn Valdez
53.20
now 2
1
Runshigher is better
Blake Dunn
2013.20
now 10
5
Esmerlyn Valdez
2013.20
now 2
3
RBIhigher is better
Blake Dunn
2011.20
now 2
1
Esmerlyn Valdez
2011.20
now 5
8
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Blake Dunn
.0003.20
now 2
1
Esmerlyn Valdez
.0003.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighBlake Dunn — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.65
Sell HighEsmerlyn Valdez — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.74
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