MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 2, 2026
Portrait of Carlos Cortes
Carlos Cortes
ATH · RF
Change to
Esmerlyn Valdez
PIT · RF
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22, 1 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Carlos Cortes wins 2 (SB, AVG); Esmerlyn Valdez wins 2 (HR, RBI); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Carlos Cortes
90.0
Esmerlyn Valdez
92.4
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Carlos Cortes
39.3%
Esmerlyn Valdez
50.6%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Carlos Cortes
7.3%
Esmerlyn Valdez
24.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Carlos Cortes
25.7%
Esmerlyn Valdez
22.9%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Carlos Cortes
9.5%
Esmerlyn Valdez
17.6%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Carlos Cortes
.326
Esmerlyn Valdez
.361
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
Carlos Cortes
.200.410
lg AVG .295
now .328
.251
Esmerlyn Valdez
.200.410
lg AVG .295
now .111
.173

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Carlos Cortes
56.20
now 5
3
Esmerlyn Valdez
56.20
now 2
5
Runshigher is better
Carlos Cortes
2018.80
now 14
11
Esmerlyn Valdez
2018.80
now 2
11
RBIhigher is better
Carlos Cortes
2035.80
now 17
14
Esmerlyn Valdez
2035.80
now 5
27
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Carlos Cortes
.0002.20
now 1
1
Esmerlyn Valdez
.0002.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans buyCarlos Cortes — hold.conf 0.60
Sell HighEsmerlyn Valdez — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.81
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