MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 9, 2026
Portrait of Brandon Valenzuela
Brandon Valenzuela
TOR · C
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Francisco Alvarez
NYM · 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 — runs, RBI, and steals.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Brandon Valenzuela
88.1
Francisco Alvarez
90.1
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Brandon Valenzuela
37.6%
Francisco Alvarez
44.6%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Brandon Valenzuela
8.3%
Francisco Alvarez
16.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Brandon Valenzuela
29.9%
Francisco Alvarez
31.9%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Brandon Valenzuela
12.8%
Francisco Alvarez
15.3%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Brandon Valenzuela
.319
Francisco Alvarez
.344
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
.210.260
lg AVG .295
now .235
.227
Francisco Alvarez
.210.260
lg AVG .295
now .243
.239

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Brandon Valenzuela
55.20
now 4
2
Francisco Alvarez
55.20
now 4
3
Runshigher is better
Brandon Valenzuela
2016.20
now 13
12
Francisco Alvarez
2016.20
now 12
10
RBIhigher is better
Brandon Valenzuela
2013.20
now 10
9
Francisco Alvarez
2013.20
now 10
8
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Brandon Valenzuela
.0002.20
now 1
1
Francisco Alvarez
.0002.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyBrandon Valenzuela — hold.conf 0.60
BuyFrancisco Alvarez — buy.conf 0.66
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