MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 3, 2026
Portrait of Brandon Valenzuela
Brandon Valenzuela
TOR · C
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Portrait of William Contreras
William Contreras
MIL · C
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

William Contreras.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — home runs, runs, RBI, and average.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

William Contreras wins 4 categories (HR, R, RBI, AVG); Brandon Valenzuela wins 0 (none); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Brandon Valenzuela
88.1
William Contreras
89.8
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Brandon Valenzuela
37.6%
William Contreras
43.0%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Brandon Valenzuela
8.3%
William Contreras
7.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Brandon Valenzuela
29.9%
William Contreras
28.7%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Brandon Valenzuela
12.4%
William Contreras
9.0%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Brandon Valenzuela
.324
William Contreras
.333
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
.210.320
lg AVG .295
now .235
.231
William Contreras
.210.320
lg AVG .295
now .294
.267

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Brandon Valenzuela
55.20
now 4
2
William Contreras
55.20
now 4
3
Runshigher is better
Brandon Valenzuela
2038.20
now 13
13
William Contreras
2038.20
now 31
19
RBIhigher is better
Brandon Valenzuela
2046.40
now 10
10
William Contreras
2046.40
now 36
23
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Brandon Valenzuela
.0002.20
now 1
1
William Contreras
.0002.20
now 1
1
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans buyBrandon Valenzuela — hold.conf 0.60
BuyWilliam Contreras — buy.conf 0.64
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