MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Portrait of Chase DeLauter
Chase DeLauter
CLE · RF
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Portrait of Esteury Ruiz
Esteury Ruiz
MIA · RF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Chase DeLauter.

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

Chase DeLauter 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
Chase DeLauter
91.1
Esteury Ruiz
86.5
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Chase DeLauter
45.4%
Esteury Ruiz
29.7%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Chase DeLauter
6.7%
Esteury Ruiz
8.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Chase DeLauter
21.0%
Esteury Ruiz
32.2%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Chase DeLauter
6.7%
Esteury Ruiz
15.2%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Chase DeLauter
.346
Esteury Ruiz
.312
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
.200.310
lg AVG .295
now .268
.270
Esteury Ruiz
.200.310
lg AVG .295
now .178
.180

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Chase DeLauter
59.40
now 7
3
Esteury Ruiz
59.40
now 2
1
Runshigher is better
Chase DeLauter
2027.80
now 22
15
Esteury Ruiz
2027.80
now 11
23
RBIhigher is better
Chase DeLauter
2042.80
now 32
22
Esteury Ruiz
2042.80
now 5
11
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Chase DeLauter
.00023.40
now 2
1
Esteury Ruiz
.00023.40
now 8
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If you already own them — trade angle
BuyChase DeLauter — buy.conf 0.66
Sell HighEsteury Ruiz — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.69
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