MLB Daily DeltaWeek 13 · June 19, 2026
Portrait of Brandon Nimmo
Brandon Nimmo
TEX · RF
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Portrait of Esteury Ruiz
Esteury Ruiz
MIA · RF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Brandon Nimmo.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Brandon Nimmo wins 3 categories (HR, RBI, AVG); Esteury Ruiz wins 2 (R, SB).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Brandon Nimmo
92.2
Esteury Ruiz
88.0
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Brandon Nimmo
52.6%
Esteury Ruiz
35.6%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Brandon Nimmo
10.9%
Esteury Ruiz
8.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Brandon Nimmo
27.6%
Esteury Ruiz
33.1%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Brandon Nimmo
11.2%
Esteury Ruiz
17.4%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Brandon Nimmo
.372
Esteury Ruiz
.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 Nimmo
.200.320
lg AVG .295
now .258
.277
Esteury Ruiz
.200.320
lg AVG .295
now .178
.180

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Brandon Nimmo
514.60
now 7
11
Esteury Ruiz
514.60
now 2
3
Runshigher is better
Brandon Nimmo
2053
now 26
31
Esteury Ruiz
2053
now 11
41
RBIhigher is better
Brandon Nimmo
2033
now 21
25
Esteury Ruiz
2033
now 5
19
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Brandon Nimmo
.00041.20
now 2
2
Esteury Ruiz
.00041.20
now 8
30
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyBrandon Nimmo — buy.conf 0.71
Sell HighEsteury Ruiz — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.79
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