MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 7, 2026
Portrait of Edmundo Sosa
Edmundo Sosa
PHI · LF
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Portrait of Matt Vierling
Matt Vierling
DET · CF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Edmundo Sosa.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Edmundo Sosa wins 4 categories (R, RBI, SB, AVG); Matt Vierling wins 0 (none); 1 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Edmundo Sosa
87.5
Matt Vierling
87.9
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Edmundo Sosa
41.0%
Matt Vierling
37.2%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Edmundo Sosa
6.5%
Matt Vierling
4.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Edmundo Sosa
54.1%
Matt Vierling
32.4%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Edmundo Sosa
16.2%
Matt Vierling
8.7%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Edmundo Sosa
.326
Matt Vierling
.304
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
Edmundo Sosa
.200.270
lg AVG .295
now .211
.251
Matt Vierling
.200.270
lg AVG .295
now .211
.229

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Edmundo Sosa
55.20
now 3
2
Matt Vierling
55.20
now 4
2
Runshigher is better
Edmundo Sosa
2017.20
now 11
12
Matt Vierling
2017.20
now 14
10
RBIhigher is better
Edmundo Sosa
2024.20
now 16
17
Matt Vierling
2024.20
now 21
15
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Edmundo Sosa
.0003.20
now 2
2
Matt Vierling
.0003.20
now 2
1
If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowEdmundo Sosa — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.74
Hold · leans sellMatt Vierling — hold.conf 0.60
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