MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Carson Benge
Carson Benge
NYM · RF
Change to
Esmerlyn Valdez
PIT · RF
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Carson Benge.

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

Carson Benge wins 3 categories (R, SB, AVG); Esmerlyn Valdez wins 2 (HR, RBI).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Carson Benge
89.4
Esmerlyn Valdez
92.1
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Carson Benge
41.2%
Esmerlyn Valdez
52.6%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Carson Benge
7.7%
Esmerlyn Valdez
29.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Carson Benge
26.8%
Esmerlyn Valdez
24.6%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Carson Benge
9.4%
Esmerlyn Valdez
17.3%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Carson Benge
.348
Esmerlyn Valdez
.374
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
Carson Benge
.200.340
lg AVG .295
now .248
.274
Esmerlyn Valdez
.200.340
lg AVG .295
now .111
.202

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Carson Benge
511.80
now 4
4
Esmerlyn Valdez
511.80
now 2
9
Runshigher is better
Carson Benge
2038.40
now 28
23
Esmerlyn Valdez
2038.40
now 2
13
RBIhigher is better
Carson Benge
2044.20
now 21
17
Esmerlyn Valdez
2044.20
now 5
33
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Carson Benge
.00012.60
now 9
7
Esmerlyn Valdez
.00012.60
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyCarson Benge — buy.conf 0.67
Sell HighEsmerlyn Valdez — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.74
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