MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 20, 2026
Portrait of Carson Benge
Carson Benge
NYM · RF
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Portrait of Esteury Ruiz
Esteury Ruiz
MIA · RF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Carson Benge.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

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

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Carson Benge
89.3
Esteury Ruiz
85.9
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Carson Benge
40.9%
Esteury Ruiz
29.2%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Carson Benge
7.6%
Esteury Ruiz
7.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Carson Benge
26.7%
Esteury Ruiz
31.5%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Carson Benge
9.5%
Esteury Ruiz
14.8%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Carson Benge
.345
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
Carson Benge
.200.310
lg AVG .295
now .248
.271
Esteury Ruiz
.200.310
lg AVG .295
now .178
.182

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Carson Benge
55.20
now 4
4
Esteury Ruiz
55.20
now 2
1
Runshigher is better
Carson Benge
2034.80
now 28
23
Esteury Ruiz
2034.80
now 11
27
RBIhigher is better
Carson Benge
2027.40
now 21
17
Esteury Ruiz
2027.40
now 5
12
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Carson Benge
2.2023.80
now 9
7
Esteury Ruiz
2.2023.80
now 8
19
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyCarson Benge — buy.conf 0.66
Sell HighEsteury Ruiz — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.68
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