MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 6, 2026
Portrait of Danny Jansen
Danny Jansen
TEX · 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, RBI, and average. Danny Jansen’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 3 categories (R, RBI, AVG); Danny Jansen wins 2 (HR, SB).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Danny Jansen
87.7
Elias Díaz
85.9
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Danny Jansen
33.3%
Elias Díaz
35.4%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Danny Jansen
6.0%
Elias Díaz
5.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Danny Jansen
23.8%
Elias Díaz
39.5%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Danny Jansen
11.4%
Elias Díaz
15.9%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Danny Jansen
.254
Elias Díaz
.269
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
Danny Jansen
.200.250
lg AVG .295
now .171
.167
Elias Díaz
.200.250
lg AVG .295
now .227
.192

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Danny Jansen
54.20
now 3
2
Elias Díaz
54.20
now 2
1
Runshigher is better
Danny Jansen
2015.60
now 11
9
Elias Díaz
2015.60
now 3
12
RBIhigher is better
Danny Jansen
2024.60
now 12
10
Elias Díaz
2024.60
now 5
19
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Danny Jansen
.0002.20
now 1
1
Elias Díaz
.0002.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeDanny Jansen — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeElias Díaz — hold.conf 0.50
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