MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 4, 2026
Esmerlyn Valdez
PIT · RF
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Portrait of Garrett Mitchell
Garrett Mitchell
MIL · CF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Garrett Mitchell.

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

Garrett Mitchell 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
Esmerlyn Valdez
92.6
Garrett Mitchell
92.6
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Esmerlyn Valdez
56.8%
Garrett Mitchell
49.7%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Esmerlyn Valdez
29.7%
Garrett Mitchell
14.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Esmerlyn Valdez
23.5%
Garrett Mitchell
22.2%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Esmerlyn Valdez
17.2%
Garrett Mitchell
16.4%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Esmerlyn Valdez
.398
Garrett Mitchell
.344
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
Esmerlyn Valdez
.200.280
lg AVG .295
now .111
.229
Garrett Mitchell
.200.280
lg AVG .295
now .230
.233

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Esmerlyn Valdez
516
now 2
12
Garrett Mitchell
516
now 3
7
Runshigher is better
Esmerlyn Valdez
2034.20
now 2
16
Garrett Mitchell
2034.20
now 21
25
RBIhigher is better
Esmerlyn Valdez
2055.40
now 5
41
Garrett Mitchell
2055.40
now 28
34
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Esmerlyn Valdez
.0009.80
now 0
0
Garrett Mitchell
.0009.80
now 6
7
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighEsmerlyn Valdez — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.70
BuyGarrett Mitchell — buy.conf 0.66
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