MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 7, 2026
Braden Montgomery
CWS · RF
Change to
Portrait of Esteury Ruiz
Esteury Ruiz
MIA · RF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Braden Montgomery.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Braden Montgomery wins 4 categories (HR, R, RBI, AVG); Esteury Ruiz wins 1 (SB).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Braden Montgomery
89.5
Esteury Ruiz
85.6
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Braden Montgomery
42.4%
Esteury Ruiz
29.5%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Braden Montgomery
4.5%
Esteury Ruiz
8.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Braden Montgomery
28.9%
Esteury Ruiz
33.5%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Braden Montgomery
13.3%
Esteury Ruiz
15.4%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Braden Montgomery
.302
Esteury Ruiz
.309
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
Braden Montgomery
.200.480
lg AVG .295
now .444
.194
Esteury Ruiz
.200.480
lg AVG .295
now .178
.185

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Braden Montgomery
54.20
now 1
3
Esteury Ruiz
54.20
now 2
2
Runshigher is better
Braden Montgomery
2053.80
now 2
39
Esteury Ruiz
2053.80
now 11
32
RBIhigher is better
Braden Montgomery
2081.40
now 3
59
Esteury Ruiz
2081.40
now 5
15
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Braden Montgomery
.00033.60
now 0
0
Esteury Ruiz
.00033.60
now 8
24
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeBraden Montgomery — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeEsteury Ruiz — hold.conf 0.50
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