MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 31, 2026
Portrait of Cody Bellinger
Cody Bellinger
NYY · LF
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Portrait of Esteury Ruiz
Esteury Ruiz
MIA · RF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Cody Bellinger.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — home runs, runs, RBI, and average.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Cody Bellinger wins 4 categories (HR, R, RBI, AVG); Esteury Ruiz wins 1 (SB).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Cody Bellinger
89.1
Esteury Ruiz
86.5
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Cody Bellinger
37.3%
Esteury Ruiz
31.2%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Cody Bellinger
6.1%
Esteury Ruiz
9.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Cody Bellinger
29.8%
Esteury Ruiz
33.1%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Cody Bellinger
9.3%
Esteury Ruiz
15.7%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Cody Bellinger
.350
Esteury Ruiz
.314
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
Cody Bellinger
.200.310
lg AVG .295
now .271
.256
Esteury Ruiz
.200.310
lg AVG .295
now .178
.186

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Cody Bellinger
510.80
now 8
2
Esteury Ruiz
510.80
now 2
1
Runshigher is better
Cody Bellinger
2047.40
now 37
23
Esteury Ruiz
2047.40
now 11
22
RBIhigher is better
Cody Bellinger
2051.20
now 38
24
Esteury Ruiz
2051.20
now 5
10
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Cody Bellinger
.00021.20
now 5
3
Esteury Ruiz
.00021.20
now 8
16
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyCody Bellinger — buy.conf 0.67
Sell HighEsteury Ruiz — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.68
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