MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 9, 2026
Portrait of Chase DeLauter
Chase DeLauter
CLE · RF
Change to
Esmerlyn Valdez
PIT · RF
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Chase DeLauter.

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

Chase DeLauter 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
Chase DeLauter
90.5
Esmerlyn Valdez
90.3
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Chase DeLauter
42.9%
Esmerlyn Valdez
47.8%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Chase DeLauter
5.4%
Esmerlyn Valdez
26.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Chase DeLauter
20.6%
Esmerlyn Valdez
24.9%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Chase DeLauter
7.0%
Esmerlyn Valdez
16.2%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Chase DeLauter
.336
Esmerlyn Valdez
.365
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
Chase DeLauter
.200.330
lg AVG .295
now .268
.265
Esmerlyn Valdez
.200.330
lg AVG .295
now .111
.203

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Chase DeLauter
513.20
now 7
4
Esmerlyn Valdez
513.20
now 2
10
Runshigher is better
Chase DeLauter
2030
now 22
21
Esmerlyn Valdez
2030
now 2
15
RBIhigher is better
Chase DeLauter
2051.20
now 32
31
Esmerlyn Valdez
2051.20
now 5
38
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Chase DeLauter
.0003.20
now 2
2
Esmerlyn Valdez
.0003.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyChase DeLauter — buy.conf 0.64
Sell HighEsmerlyn Valdez — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.71
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