MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 2, 2026
Portrait of Brandon Valenzuela
Brandon Valenzuela
TOR · C
Change to
Portrait of Keibert Ruiz
Keibert Ruiz
WSH · C
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22, 1 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Brandon Valenzuela wins 2 (HR, AVG); Keibert Ruiz wins 2 (R, RBI); 1 even.

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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
Keibert Ruiz
88.3
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Brandon Valenzuela
37.6%
Keibert Ruiz
37.1%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Brandon Valenzuela
8.3%
Keibert Ruiz
5.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Brandon Valenzuela
29.9%
Keibert Ruiz
37.7%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Brandon Valenzuela
12.4%
Keibert Ruiz
7.2%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Brandon Valenzuela
.324
Keibert Ruiz
.269
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
.200.300
lg AVG .295
now .235
.231
Keibert Ruiz
.200.300
lg AVG .295
now .274
.212

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Brandon Valenzuela
56.60
now 4
2
Keibert Ruiz
56.60
now 5
1
Runshigher is better
Brandon Valenzuela
2018.20
now 13
13
Keibert Ruiz
2018.20
now 15
15
RBIhigher is better
Brandon Valenzuela
2031
now 10
10
Keibert Ruiz
2031
now 25
25
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Brandon Valenzuela
.0002.20
now 1
1
Keibert Ruiz
.0002.20
now 1
1
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans buyBrandon Valenzuela — hold.conf 0.60
SellKeibert Ruiz — sell.conf 0.64
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