MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Brendan Donovan
SEA · 3B
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Portrait of Javier Sanoja
Javier Sanoja
MIA · 3B
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Javier Sanoja.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Javier Sanoja wins 3 categories (RBI, SB, AVG); Brendan Donovan wins 2 (HR, R).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Brendan Donovan
85.9
Javier Sanoja
86.9
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Brendan Donovan
32.9%
Javier Sanoja
31.1%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Brendan Donovan
4.3%
Javier Sanoja
1.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Brendan Donovan
25.3%
Javier Sanoja
40.4%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Brendan Donovan
8.7%
Javier Sanoja
6.3%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Brendan Donovan
.344
Javier Sanoja
.268
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
Brendan Donovan
.230.290
lg AVG .295
now .274
.242
Javier Sanoja
.230.290
lg AVG .295
now .260
.249

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Brendan Donovan
54.20
now 3
2
Javier Sanoja
54.20
now 1
0
Runshigher is better
Brendan Donovan
2015.20
now 9
12
Javier Sanoja
2015.20
now 8
8
RBIhigher is better
Brendan Donovan
2024.80
now 8
11
Javier Sanoja
2024.80
now 20
20
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Brendan Donovan
.0004.20
now 1
1
Javier Sanoja
.0004.20
now 3
3
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeBrendan Donovan — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighJavier Sanoja — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.74
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