MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Portrait of Brandon Valenzuela
Brandon Valenzuela
TOR · C
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Drake Baldwin
ATL · C
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Drake Baldwin.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Drake Baldwin wins 4 categories (HR, R, RBI, AVG); Brandon Valenzuela wins 0 (none); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Brandon Valenzuela
88.5
Drake Baldwin
91.6
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Brandon Valenzuela
37.8%
Drake Baldwin
50.6%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Brandon Valenzuela
8.7%
Drake Baldwin
14.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Brandon Valenzuela
29.7%
Drake Baldwin
33.2%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Brandon Valenzuela
12.4%
Drake Baldwin
11.9%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Brandon Valenzuela
.318
Drake Baldwin
.385
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
.200.340
lg AVG .295
now .235
.220
Drake Baldwin
.200.340
lg AVG .295
now .303
.252

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Brandon Valenzuela
517
now 4
3
Drake Baldwin
517
now 13
5
Runshigher is better
Brandon Valenzuela
2049.40
now 13
15
Drake Baldwin
2049.40
now 39
29
RBIhigher is better
Brandon Valenzuela
2049.20
now 10
11
Drake Baldwin
2049.20
now 38
28
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Brandon Valenzuela
.0002.20
now 1
1
Drake Baldwin
.0002.20
now 1
1
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyBrandon Valenzuela — hold.conf 0.60
BuyDrake Baldwin — buy.conf 0.74
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