MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 20, 2026
Portrait of Casey Schmitt
Casey Schmitt
SF · LF
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Portrait of Esteury Ruiz
Esteury Ruiz
MIA · RF
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Casey Schmitt.

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

Casey Schmitt 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
Casey Schmitt
89.8
Esteury Ruiz
85.9
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Casey Schmitt
44.5%
Esteury Ruiz
29.2%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Casey Schmitt
12.4%
Esteury Ruiz
7.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Casey Schmitt
36.4%
Esteury Ruiz
31.5%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Casey Schmitt
11.6%
Esteury Ruiz
14.8%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Casey Schmitt
.361
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
Casey Schmitt
.200.330
lg AVG .295
now .289
.264
Esteury Ruiz
.200.330
lg AVG .295
now .178
.182

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Casey Schmitt
516.40
now 12
5
Esteury Ruiz
516.40
now 2
1
Runshigher is better
Casey Schmitt
2033.40
now 27
23
Esteury Ruiz
2033.40
now 11
27
RBIhigher is better
Casey Schmitt
2044.20
now 33
28
Esteury Ruiz
2044.20
now 5
12
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Casey Schmitt
.00025
now 5
4
Esteury Ruiz
.00025
now 8
19
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyCasey Schmitt — buy.conf 0.69
Sell HighEsteury Ruiz — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.68
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