MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 10, 2026
Esmerlyn Valdez
PIT · RF
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Portrait of Jac Caglianone
Jac Caglianone
KC · RF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Jac Caglianone.

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

Jac Caglianone wins 3 categories (R, SB, AVG); Esmerlyn Valdez wins 2 (HR, RBI).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Esmerlyn Valdez
90.6
Jac Caglianone
93.5
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Esmerlyn Valdez
48.9%
Jac Caglianone
57.1%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Esmerlyn Valdez
25.5%
Jac Caglianone
15.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Esmerlyn Valdez
24.9%
Jac Caglianone
36.3%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Esmerlyn Valdez
16.3%
Jac Caglianone
16.1%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Esmerlyn Valdez
.349
Jac Caglianone
.361
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
.200.320
lg AVG .295
now .111
.190
Jac Caglianone
.200.320
lg AVG .295
now .242
.262

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Esmerlyn Valdez
511.80
now 2
9
Jac Caglianone
511.80
now 6
8
Runshigher is better
Esmerlyn Valdez
2027.20
now 2
15
Jac Caglianone
2027.20
now 20
20
RBIhigher is better
Esmerlyn Valdez
2051.20
now 5
38
Jac Caglianone
2051.20
now 13
13
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Esmerlyn Valdez
.0002.20
now 0
0
Jac Caglianone
.0002.20
now 1
1
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighEsmerlyn Valdez — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.70
BuyJac Caglianone — buy.conf 0.69
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