MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 9, 2026
Portrait of Brandon Marsh
Brandon Marsh
PHI · LF
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Portrait of Ryan Waldschmidt
Ryan Waldschmidt
AZ · CF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Brandon Marsh.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — runs, RBI, and average.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Brandon Marsh wins 3 categories (R, RBI, AVG); Ryan Waldschmidt wins 1 (SB); 1 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Brandon Marsh
89.5
Ryan Waldschmidt
88.2
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Brandon Marsh
44.5%
Ryan Waldschmidt
36.6%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Brandon Marsh
8.6%
Ryan Waldschmidt
8.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Brandon Marsh
38.1%
Ryan Waldschmidt
25.2%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Brandon Marsh
13.4%
Ryan Waldschmidt
15.3%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Brandon Marsh
.314
Ryan Waldschmidt
.296
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
Brandon Marsh
.230.340
lg AVG .295
now .317
.263
Ryan Waldschmidt
.230.340
lg AVG .295
now .284
.256

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Brandon Marsh
57
now 5
2
Ryan Waldschmidt
57
now 0
2
Runshigher is better
Brandon Marsh
2036.60
now 29
17
Ryan Waldschmidt
2036.60
now 10
13
RBIhigher is better
Brandon Marsh
2030.80
now 24
14
Ryan Waldschmidt
2030.80
now 7
9
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Brandon Marsh
.4007.60
now 4
2
Ryan Waldschmidt
.4007.60
now 5
6
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyBrandon Marsh — hold.conf 0.60
Sell HighRyan Waldschmidt — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.73
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