MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Brandon Valenzuela
Brandon Valenzuela
TOR · C
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Portrait of Victor Caratini
Victor Caratini
MIN · C
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Victor Caratini.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — 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

Victor Caratini wins 2 categories (RBI, AVG); Brandon Valenzuela wins 1 (R); 2 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Brandon Valenzuela
88.1
Victor Caratini
89.5
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Brandon Valenzuela
37.3%
Victor Caratini
39.5%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Brandon Valenzuela
7.0%
Victor Caratini
6.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Brandon Valenzuela
29.0%
Victor Caratini
25.1%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Brandon Valenzuela
12.5%
Victor Caratini
8.9%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Brandon Valenzuela
.312
Victor Caratini
.319
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
.213
Victor Caratini
.200.250
lg AVG .295
now .190
.217

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Brandon Valenzuela
55.60
now 4
0
Victor Caratini
55.60
now 2
0
Runshigher is better
Brandon Valenzuela
2017.40
now 13
4
Victor Caratini
2017.40
now 9
2
RBIhigher is better
Brandon Valenzuela
2026.80
now 10
3
Victor Caratini
2026.80
now 20
5
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Brandon Valenzuela
.0002.20
now 1
0
Victor Caratini
.0002.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyBrandon Valenzuela — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · steadyVictor Caratini — hold.conf 0.60
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