MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 6, 2026
Portrait of Colton Cowser
Colton Cowser
BAL · CF
Change to
Esmerlyn Valdez
PIT · RF
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Colton Cowser.

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

Colton Cowser wins 3 categories (R, SB, AVG); Esmerlyn Valdez wins 2 (HR, RBI).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Colton Cowser
86.9
Esmerlyn Valdez
92.4
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Colton Cowser
36.4%
Esmerlyn Valdez
50.6%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Colton Cowser
9.9%
Esmerlyn Valdez
24.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Colton Cowser
28.3%
Esmerlyn Valdez
22.2%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Colton Cowser
14.4%
Esmerlyn Valdez
17.1%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Colton Cowser
.314
Esmerlyn Valdez
.354
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
Colton Cowser
.200.270
lg AVG .295
now .227
.192
Esmerlyn Valdez
.200.270
lg AVG .295
now .111
.161

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Colton Cowser
56.20
now 4
3
Esmerlyn Valdez
56.20
now 2
5
Runshigher is better
Colton Cowser
2023
now 17
15
Esmerlyn Valdez
2023
now 2
10
RBIhigher is better
Colton Cowser
2033
now 18
16
Esmerlyn Valdez
2033
now 5
25
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Colton Cowser
.0002.20
now 1
1
Esmerlyn Valdez
.0002.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyColton Cowser — hold.conf 0.60
Sell HighEsmerlyn Valdez — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.79
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