MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 3, 2026
Portrait of Daulton Varsho
Daulton Varsho
TOR · CF
Change to
Esmerlyn Valdez
PIT · RF
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Daulton Varsho.

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

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

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Daulton Varsho
86.1
Esmerlyn Valdez
92.4
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Daulton Varsho
36.3%
Esmerlyn Valdez
50.6%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Daulton Varsho
6.5%
Esmerlyn Valdez
24.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Daulton Varsho
36.3%
Esmerlyn Valdez
22.8%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Daulton Varsho
10.9%
Esmerlyn Valdez
17.3%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Daulton Varsho
.294
Esmerlyn Valdez
.363
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
Daulton Varsho
.200.320
lg AVG .295
now .260
.235
Esmerlyn Valdez
.200.320
lg AVG .295
now .111
.171

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Daulton Varsho
56.20
now 5
2
Esmerlyn Valdez
56.20
now 2
5
Runshigher is better
Daulton Varsho
2035.60
now 26
16
Esmerlyn Valdez
2035.60
now 2
10
RBIhigher is better
Daulton Varsho
2034.40
now 16
10
Esmerlyn Valdez
2034.40
now 5
26
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Daulton Varsho
.0005.60
now 4
3
Esmerlyn Valdez
.0005.60
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
SellDaulton Varsho — sell.conf 0.59
Sell HighEsmerlyn Valdez — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.80
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