MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 4, 2026
Portrait of Brandon Nimmo
Brandon Nimmo
TEX · RF
Change to
Esmerlyn Valdez
PIT · RF
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Brandon Nimmo.

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

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Brandon Nimmo
92.7
Esmerlyn Valdez
92.6
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Brandon Nimmo
52.8%
Esmerlyn Valdez
56.8%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Brandon Nimmo
13.0%
Esmerlyn Valdez
29.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Brandon Nimmo
28.0%
Esmerlyn Valdez
23.5%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Brandon Nimmo
11.2%
Esmerlyn Valdez
17.2%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Brandon Nimmo
.383
Esmerlyn Valdez
.398
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 Nimmo
.200.350
lg AVG .295
now .258
.283
Esmerlyn Valdez
.200.350
lg AVG .295
now .111
.229

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Brandon Nimmo
516
now 7
8
Esmerlyn Valdez
516
now 2
12
Runshigher is better
Brandon Nimmo
2035.60
now 26
25
Esmerlyn Valdez
2035.60
now 2
16
RBIhigher is better
Brandon Nimmo
2055.40
now 21
20
Esmerlyn Valdez
2055.40
now 5
41
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Brandon Nimmo
.0003.20
now 2
2
Esmerlyn Valdez
.0003.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyBrandon Nimmo — buy.conf 0.74
Sell HighEsmerlyn Valdez — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.70
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