MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 4, 2026
Brandon Lockridge
MIL · LF
Change to
Esmerlyn Valdez
PIT · RF
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Brandon Lockridge.

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

Brandon Lockridge 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
Brandon Lockridge
86.2
Esmerlyn Valdez
92.4
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Brandon Lockridge
32.8%
Esmerlyn Valdez
50.6%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Brandon Lockridge
1.6%
Esmerlyn Valdez
24.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Brandon Lockridge
30.1%
Esmerlyn Valdez
22.6%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Brandon Lockridge
12.5%
Esmerlyn Valdez
17.1%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Brandon Lockridge
.273
Esmerlyn Valdez
.358
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
Brandon Lockridge
.200.370
lg AVG .295
now .294
.230
Esmerlyn Valdez
.200.370
lg AVG .295
now .111
.166

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Brandon Lockridge
57
now 0
1
Esmerlyn Valdez
57
now 2
5
Runshigher is better
Brandon Lockridge
2014.60
now 9
11
Esmerlyn Valdez
2014.60
now 2
10
RBIhigher is better
Brandon Lockridge
2034.40
now 12
14
Esmerlyn Valdez
2034.40
now 5
26
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Brandon Lockridge
.0008.40
now 5
6
Esmerlyn Valdez
.0008.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighBrandon Lockridge — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.67
Sell HighEsmerlyn Valdez — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.80
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