MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Portrait of Brandon Valenzuela
Brandon Valenzuela
TOR · C
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Portrait of Carson Kelly
Carson Kelly
CHC · C
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Carson Kelly.

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

Carson Kelly wins 3 categories (R, RBI, AVG); Brandon Valenzuela wins 2 (HR, SB).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Brandon Valenzuela
88.5
Carson Kelly
87.8
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Brandon Valenzuela
37.8%
Carson Kelly
37.6%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Brandon Valenzuela
8.7%
Carson Kelly
6.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Brandon Valenzuela
29.7%
Carson Kelly
25.4%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Brandon Valenzuela
12.4%
Carson Kelly
9.0%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Brandon Valenzuela
.318
Carson Kelly
.319
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 Valenzuela
.200.320
lg AVG .295
now .235
.220
Carson Kelly
.200.320
lg AVG .295
now .289
.240

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Brandon Valenzuela
55.20
now 4
3
Carson Kelly
55.20
now 2
2
Runshigher is better
Brandon Valenzuela
2021.20
now 13
15
Carson Kelly
2021.20
now 18
16
RBIhigher is better
Brandon Valenzuela
2020.20
now 10
11
Carson Kelly
2020.20
now 17
15
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Brandon Valenzuela
.0002.20
now 1
1
Carson Kelly
.0002.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyBrandon Valenzuela — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · steadyCarson Kelly — hold.conf 0.60
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