MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Brandon Valenzuela
Brandon Valenzuela
TOR · C
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Rafael Flores Jr.
PIT · C
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Rafael Flores Jr..

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — home runs, runs, RBI, and average. Brandon Valenzuela’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Rafael Flores Jr. wins 4 categories (HR, R, RBI, AVG); Brandon Valenzuela wins 0 (none); 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
Rafael Flores Jr.
90.5
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Brandon Valenzuela
37.3%
Rafael Flores Jr.
47.1%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Brandon Valenzuela
7.0%
Rafael Flores Jr.
14.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Brandon Valenzuela
29.0%
Rafael Flores Jr.
29.2%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Brandon Valenzuela
12.5%
Rafael Flores Jr.
13.6%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Brandon Valenzuela
.312
Rafael Flores Jr.
.350
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
.200.480
lg AVG .295
now .235
.213
Rafael Flores Jr.
.200.480
lg AVG .295
now .667
.265

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Brandon Valenzuela
55.60
now 4
0
Rafael Flores Jr.
55.60
now 1
1
Runshigher is better
Brandon Valenzuela
2017.40
now 13
4
Rafael Flores Jr.
2017.40
now 2
11
RBIhigher is better
Brandon Valenzuela
2014.60
now 10
3
Rafael Flores Jr.
2014.60
now 2
11
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Brandon Valenzuela
.0002.20
now 1
0
Rafael Flores Jr.
.0002.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyBrandon Valenzuela — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · wait & seeRafael Flores Jr. — hold.conf 0.50
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