MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 2, 2026
Brendan Donovan
SEA · 3B
Change to
Leo Rivas
SEA · 3B
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Brendan Donovan.

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

Brendan Donovan wins 4 categories (HR, R, RBI, AVG); Leo Rivas wins 1 (SB).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Brendan Donovan
85.9
Leo Rivas
86.2
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Brendan Donovan
32.9%
Leo Rivas
13.6%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Brendan Donovan
4.3%
Leo Rivas
1.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Brendan Donovan
25.3%
Leo Rivas
17.7%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Brendan Donovan
8.7%
Leo Rivas
8.8%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Brendan Donovan
.344
Leo Rivas
.238
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
Brendan Donovan
.200.330
lg AVG .295
now .274
.241
Leo Rivas
.200.330
lg AVG .295
now .131
.148

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Brendan Donovan
54.20
now 3
2
Leo Rivas
54.20
now 0
0
Runshigher is better
Brendan Donovan
2014.20
now 9
11
Leo Rivas
2014.20
now 9
9
RBIhigher is better
Brendan Donovan
2013.20
now 8
10
Leo Rivas
2013.20
now 7
7
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Brendan Donovan
.0003.20
now 1
1
Leo Rivas
.0003.20
now 2
2
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeBrendan Donovan — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeLeo Rivas — hold.conf 0.50
Tweet