MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 23, 2026
Portrait of Byron Buxton
Byron Buxton
MIN · CF
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Esmerlyn Valdez
PIT · RF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Byron Buxton.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Byron Buxton wins 3 categories (R, SB, AVG); Esmerlyn Valdez wins 1 (RBI); 1 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Byron Buxton
90.8
Esmerlyn Valdez
93.1
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Byron Buxton
47.4%
Esmerlyn Valdez
55.6%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Byron Buxton
18.1%
Esmerlyn Valdez
28.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Byron Buxton
34.6%
Esmerlyn Valdez
24.5%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Byron Buxton
16.3%
Esmerlyn Valdez
17.6%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Byron Buxton
.353
Esmerlyn Valdez
.365
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
Byron Buxton
.200.320
lg AVG .295
now .258
.228
Esmerlyn Valdez
.200.320
lg AVG .295
now .111
.184

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Byron Buxton
523
now 17
8
Esmerlyn Valdez
523
now 2
8
Runshigher is better
Byron Buxton
2055.20
now 40
31
Esmerlyn Valdez
2055.20
now 2
13
RBIhigher is better
Byron Buxton
2042.80
now 27
21
Esmerlyn Valdez
2042.80
now 5
32
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Byron Buxton
.0007
now 5
4
Esmerlyn Valdez
.0007
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyByron Buxton — buy.conf 0.68
Sell HighEsmerlyn Valdez — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.80
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