MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 7, 2026
Portrait of Derek Hill
Derek Hill
PHI · CF
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Esmerlyn Valdez
PIT · RF
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Derek Hill.

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

Derek Hill 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
Derek Hill
89.4
Esmerlyn Valdez
92.4
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Derek Hill
34.4%
Esmerlyn Valdez
50.6%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Derek Hill
11.5%
Esmerlyn Valdez
24.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Derek Hill
34.2%
Esmerlyn Valdez
21.9%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Derek Hill
17.2%
Esmerlyn Valdez
17.3%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Derek Hill
.294
Esmerlyn Valdez
.350
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
Derek Hill
.200.280
lg AVG .295
now .234
.205
Esmerlyn Valdez
.200.280
lg AVG .295
now .111
.161

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Derek Hill
56.20
now 3
2
Esmerlyn Valdez
56.20
now 2
5
Runshigher is better
Derek Hill
2014.60
now 9
11
Esmerlyn Valdez
2014.60
now 2
10
RBIhigher is better
Derek Hill
2033
now 6
8
Esmerlyn Valdez
2033
now 5
25
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Derek Hill
.00011.20
now 6
8
Esmerlyn Valdez
.00011.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
SellDerek Hill — sell.conf 0.59
Sell HighEsmerlyn Valdez — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.79
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