MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 2, 2026
Portrait of Christian Vázquez
Christian Vázquez
HOU · C
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Elias Díaz
TEX · C
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Elias Díaz.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Elias Díaz wins 2 categories (R, RBI); Christian Vázquez wins 1 (AVG); 2 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Christian Vázquez
86.0
Elias Díaz
86.0
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Christian Vázquez
23.3%
Elias Díaz
35.5%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Christian Vázquez
1.3%
Elias Díaz
5.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Christian Vázquez
35.5%
Elias Díaz
40.3%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Christian Vázquez
9.5%
Elias Díaz
15.8%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Christian Vázquez
.238
Elias Díaz
.274
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
Christian Vázquez
.200.270
lg AVG .295
now .246
.198
Elias Díaz
.200.270
lg AVG .295
now .227
.194

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Christian Vázquez
55.20
now 4
1
Elias Díaz
55.20
now 2
1
Runshigher is better
Christian Vázquez
2015.60
now 10
10
Elias Díaz
2015.60
now 3
12
RBIhigher is better
Christian Vázquez
2027.40
now 17
17
Elias Díaz
2027.40
now 5
21
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Christian Vázquez
.0001.20
now 0
0
Elias Díaz
.0001.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
SellChristian Vázquez — sell.conf 0.70
Hold · wait & seeElias Díaz — hold.conf 0.50
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