MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Brandon Valenzuela
Brandon Valenzuela
TOR · C
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Sean Murphy
ATL · C
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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 (R, RBI); Sean Murphy wins 2 (HR, AVG); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Brandon Valenzuela
88.1
Sean Murphy
87.2
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Brandon Valenzuela
37.3%
Sean Murphy
40.0%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Brandon Valenzuela
7.0%
Sean Murphy
6.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Brandon Valenzuela
29.0%
Sean Murphy
35.2%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Brandon Valenzuela
12.5%
Sean Murphy
16.7%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Brandon Valenzuela
.312
Sean Murphy
.264
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
.200.300
lg AVG .295
now .235
.213
Sean Murphy
.200.300
lg AVG .295
now .071
.217

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Brandon Valenzuela
55.60
now 4
0
Sean Murphy
55.60
now 0
1
Runshigher is better
Brandon Valenzuela
2017.80
now 13
4
Sean Murphy
2017.80
now 1
2
RBIhigher is better
Brandon Valenzuela
2014
now 10
3
Sean Murphy
2014
now 0
0
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Brandon Valenzuela
.0002.20
now 1
0
Sean Murphy
.0002.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyBrandon Valenzuela — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · wait & seeSean Murphy — hold.conf 0.50
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