MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 5, 2026
Portrait of Brandon Valenzuela
Brandon Valenzuela
TOR · C
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Portrait of Gary Sánchez
Gary Sánchez
MIL · C
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Gary Sánchez.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

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

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Brandon Valenzuela
88.1
Gary Sánchez
88.5
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Brandon Valenzuela
37.6%
Gary Sánchez
35.8%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Brandon Valenzuela
8.3%
Gary Sánchez
8.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Brandon Valenzuela
29.9%
Gary Sánchez
19.5%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Brandon Valenzuela
12.4%
Gary Sánchez
8.8%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Brandon Valenzuela
.324
Gary Sánchez
.360
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
Gary Sánchez
.200.250
lg AVG .295
now .191
.197

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Brandon Valenzuela
56.20
now 4
2
Gary Sánchez
56.20
now 5
3
Runshigher is better
Brandon Valenzuela
2018.20
now 13
12
Gary Sánchez
2018.20
now 15
15
RBIhigher is better
Brandon Valenzuela
2018.20
now 10
10
Gary Sánchez
2018.20
now 15
15
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Brandon Valenzuela
.0002.20
now 1
1
Gary Sánchez
.0002.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans buyBrandon Valenzuela — hold.conf 0.60
BuyGary Sánchez — buy.conf 0.69
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