MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 21, 2026
Portrait of Brandon Valenzuela
Brandon Valenzuela
TOR · C
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Portrait of Kyle Higashioka
Kyle Higashioka
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 — runs, steals, and average.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

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

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Brandon Valenzuela
88.3
Kyle Higashioka
88.2
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Brandon Valenzuela
36.9%
Kyle Higashioka
38.1%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Brandon Valenzuela
8.2%
Kyle Higashioka
8.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Brandon Valenzuela
29.5%
Kyle Higashioka
31.4%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Brandon Valenzuela
12.6%
Kyle Higashioka
11.8%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Brandon Valenzuela
.316
Kyle Higashioka
.293
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
.220
Kyle Higashioka
.200.250
lg AVG .295
now .211
.205

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Brandon Valenzuela
55.20
now 4
3
Kyle Higashioka
55.20
now 3
4
Runshigher is better
Brandon Valenzuela
2020.20
now 13
17
Kyle Higashioka
2020.20
now 10
15
RBIhigher is better
Brandon Valenzuela
2018.20
now 10
13
Kyle Higashioka
2018.20
now 10
15
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Brandon Valenzuela
.0002.20
now 1
1
Kyle Higashioka
.0002.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyBrandon Valenzuela — hold.conf 0.60
SellKyle Higashioka — sell.conf 0.59
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