MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 9, 2026
Portrait of Dylan Crews
Dylan Crews
WSH · RF
Change to
Esmerlyn Valdez
PIT · RF
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Dylan Crews.

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

Dylan Crews 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
Dylan Crews
90.7
Esmerlyn Valdez
91.7
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Dylan Crews
43.9%
Esmerlyn Valdez
49.4%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Dylan Crews
10.6%
Esmerlyn Valdez
23.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Dylan Crews
31.3%
Esmerlyn Valdez
21.5%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Dylan Crews
15.4%
Esmerlyn Valdez
16.9%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Dylan Crews
.325
Esmerlyn Valdez
.352
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
Dylan Crews
.200.280
lg AVG .295
now .220
.234
Esmerlyn Valdez
.200.280
lg AVG .295
now .111
.159

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Dylan Crews
55.20
now 1
2
Esmerlyn Valdez
55.20
now 2
4
Runshigher is better
Dylan Crews
2013.20
now 4
10
Esmerlyn Valdez
2013.20
now 2
9
RBIhigher is better
Dylan Crews
2031
now 3
7
Esmerlyn Valdez
2031
now 5
23
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Dylan Crews
.0003.20
now 1
2
Esmerlyn Valdez
.0003.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowDylan Crews — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.66
Sell HighEsmerlyn Valdez — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.78
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