MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 20, 2026
Portrait of Byron Buxton
Byron Buxton
MIN · CF
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Portrait of Esteury Ruiz
Esteury Ruiz
MIA · 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 — home runs, runs, RBI, and average.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Byron Buxton wins 4 categories (HR, R, RBI, AVG); Esteury Ruiz wins 1 (SB).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Byron Buxton
90.7
Esteury Ruiz
85.9
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Byron Buxton
47.6%
Esteury Ruiz
29.2%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Byron Buxton
18.7%
Esteury Ruiz
7.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Byron Buxton
34.7%
Esteury Ruiz
31.5%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Byron Buxton
16.3%
Esteury Ruiz
14.8%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Byron Buxton
.351
Esteury Ruiz
.316
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
.200.290
lg AVG .295
now .258
.226
Esteury Ruiz
.200.290
lg AVG .295
now .178
.182

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Byron Buxton
523.40
now 17
9
Esteury Ruiz
523.40
now 2
1
Runshigher is better
Byron Buxton
2051.60
now 40
33
Esteury Ruiz
2051.60
now 11
27
RBIhigher is better
Byron Buxton
2035.80
now 27
22
Esteury Ruiz
2035.80
now 5
12
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Byron Buxton
.00025
now 5
4
Esteury Ruiz
.00025
now 8
19
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyByron Buxton — buy.conf 0.67
Sell HighEsteury Ruiz — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.68
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