MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 5, 2026
Portrait of Brandon Valenzuela
Brandon Valenzuela
TOR · C
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Portrait of Moisés Ballesteros
Moisés Ballesteros
LAA · 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 — steals and average. Moisés Ballesteros’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Brandon Valenzuela wins 2 categories (SB, AVG); Moisés Ballesteros wins 1 (RBI); 2 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Brandon Valenzuela
88.1
Moisés Ballesteros
90.1
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Brandon Valenzuela
37.6%
Moisés Ballesteros
46.7%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Brandon Valenzuela
8.3%
Moisés Ballesteros
9.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Brandon Valenzuela
29.9%
Moisés Ballesteros
35.2%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Brandon Valenzuela
12.4%
Moisés Ballesteros
13.2%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Brandon Valenzuela
.324
Moisés Ballesteros
.310
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
05

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
Moisés Ballesteros
.200.250
lg AVG .295
now .231
.214

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Brandon Valenzuela
57.60
now 4
2
Moisés Ballesteros
57.60
now 6
2
Runshigher is better
Brandon Valenzuela
2018.20
now 13
12
Moisés Ballesteros
2018.20
now 15
12
RBIhigher is better
Brandon Valenzuela
2024
now 10
10
Moisés Ballesteros
2024
now 20
16
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Brandon Valenzuela
.0002.20
now 1
1
Moisés Ballesteros
.0002.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans buyBrandon Valenzuela — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · steadyMoisés Ballesteros — hold.conf 0.60
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