MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Portrait of Connor Wong
Connor Wong
BOS · C
Change to
Yainer Diaz
HOU · C
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Yainer Diaz.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Yainer Diaz wins 3 categories (HR, RBI, AVG); Connor Wong 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
Connor Wong
86.0
Yainer Diaz
87.7
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Connor Wong
36.5%
Yainer Diaz
32.7%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Connor Wong
4.2%
Yainer Diaz
5.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Connor Wong
30.9%
Yainer Diaz
41.1%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Connor Wong
12.0%
Yainer Diaz
12.0%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Connor Wong
.298
Yainer Diaz
.296
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
Connor Wong
.220.270
lg AVG .295
now .258
.234
Yainer Diaz
.220.270
lg AVG .295
now .238
.251

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Connor Wong
54.20
now 0
2
Yainer Diaz
54.20
now 2
3
Runshigher is better
Connor Wong
2016.20
now 8
13
Yainer Diaz
2016.20
now 7
9
RBIhigher is better
Connor Wong
2021.20
now 10
16
Yainer Diaz
2021.20
now 14
18
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Connor Wong
.0003.20
now 1
2
Yainer Diaz
.0003.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeConnor Wong — hold.conf 0.50
SellYainer Diaz — sell.conf 0.59
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