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

Eli White.

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

Eli White 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
Eli White
86.4
Esmerlyn Valdez
91.7
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Eli White
30.2%
Esmerlyn Valdez
49.4%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Eli White
5.7%
Esmerlyn Valdez
23.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Eli White
30.2%
Esmerlyn Valdez
21.5%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Eli White
14.1%
Esmerlyn Valdez
16.9%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Eli White
.266
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
Eli White
.200.260
lg AVG .295
now .217
.211
Esmerlyn Valdez
.200.260
lg AVG .295
now .111
.159

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Eli White
55.20
now 2
2
Esmerlyn Valdez
55.20
now 2
4
Runshigher is better
Eli White
2016
now 10
12
Esmerlyn Valdez
2016
now 2
9
RBIhigher is better
Eli White
2030.20
now 11
14
Esmerlyn Valdez
2030.20
now 5
23
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Eli White
.0002.20
now 1
1
Esmerlyn Valdez
.0002.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeEli White — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighEsmerlyn Valdez — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.78
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