MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 10, 2026
Portrait of Carson Benge
Carson Benge
NYM · RF
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Nelson Velázquez
STL · LF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Nelson Velázquez.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — home runs, runs, and RBI. Carson Benge’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Nelson Velázquez wins 3 categories (HR, R, RBI); Carson Benge 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
Carson Benge
89.6
Nelson Velázquez
94.7
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Carson Benge
41.8%
Nelson Velázquez
66.7%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Carson Benge
8.0%
Nelson Velázquez
11.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Carson Benge
27.1%
Nelson Velázquez
29.7%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Carson Benge
9.5%
Nelson Velázquez
17.2%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Carson Benge
.353
Nelson Velázquez
.407
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
.200.430
lg AVG .295
now .248
.278
Nelson Velázquez
.200.430
lg AVG .295
now .375
.236

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Carson Benge
58
now 4
5
Nelson Velázquez
58
now 1
6
Runshigher is better
Carson Benge
2044
now 28
27
Nelson Velázquez
2044
now 2
32
RBIhigher is better
Carson Benge
2064.60
now 21
20
Nelson Velázquez
2064.60
now 3
47
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Carson Benge
.00012.60
now 9
9
Nelson Velázquez
.00012.60
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyCarson Benge — buy.conf 0.68
Hold · wait & seeNelson Velázquez — hold.conf 0.50
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