MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 20, 2026
Portrait of Byron Buxton
Byron Buxton
MIN · CF
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Portrait of Ronald Acuña Jr.
Ronald Acuña Jr.
ATL · 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, and RBI.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Byron Buxton wins 3 categories (HR, R, RBI); Ronald Acuña Jr. wins 2 (SB, AVG).

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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
Ronald Acuña Jr.
90.1
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Byron Buxton
47.6%
Ronald Acuña Jr.
43.4%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Byron Buxton
18.7%
Ronald Acuña Jr.
13.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Byron Buxton
34.7%
Ronald Acuña Jr.
25.0%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Byron Buxton
16.3%
Ronald Acuña Jr.
13.3%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Byron Buxton
.351
Ronald Acuña Jr.
.378
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
.210.270
lg AVG .295
now .258
.226
Ronald Acuña Jr.
.210.270
lg AVG .295
now .253
.241

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Byron Buxton
521.40
now 17
9
Ronald Acuña Jr.
521.40
now 7
6
Runshigher is better
Byron Buxton
2046.40
now 40
33
Ronald Acuña Jr.
2046.40
now 27
24
RBIhigher is better
Byron Buxton
2030.20
now 27
22
Ronald Acuña Jr.
2030.20
now 21
19
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Byron Buxton
.80015.20
now 5
4
Ronald Acuña Jr.
.80015.20
now 12
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If you already own them — trade angle
BuyByron Buxton — buy.conf 0.67
BuyRonald Acuña Jr. — buy.conf 0.73
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