MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 4, 2026
Portrait of Brandon Valenzuela
Brandon Valenzuela
TOR · C
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Elias Díaz
TEX · C
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Brandon Valenzuela.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Brandon Valenzuela wins 4 categories (HR, R, SB, AVG); Elias Díaz wins 1 (RBI).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Brandon Valenzuela
88.9
Elias Díaz
86.2
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Brandon Valenzuela
37.6%
Elias Díaz
34.5%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Brandon Valenzuela
8.3%
Elias Díaz
8.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Brandon Valenzuela
28.8%
Elias Díaz
42.2%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Brandon Valenzuela
12.4%
Elias Díaz
16.2%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Brandon Valenzuela
.332
Elias Díaz
.307
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 Valenzuela
.200.250
lg AVG .295
now .235
.231
Elias Díaz
.200.250
lg AVG .295
now .227
.217

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Brandon Valenzuela
56.20
now 4
5
Elias Díaz
56.20
now 2
3
Runshigher is better
Brandon Valenzuela
2028.20
now 13
21
Elias Díaz
2028.20
now 3
19
RBIhigher is better
Brandon Valenzuela
2042.80
now 10
16
Elias Díaz
2042.80
now 5
32
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Brandon Valenzuela
.0003.20
now 1
2
Elias Díaz
.0003.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyBrandon Valenzuela — buy.conf 0.63
Hold · wait & seeElias Díaz — hold.conf 0.50
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