MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 9, 2026
Esmerlyn Valdez
PIT · RF
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Portrait of Jakob Marsee
Jakob Marsee
MIA · CF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Jakob Marsee.

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

Jakob Marsee 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
90.3
Jakob Marsee
86.7
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Esmerlyn Valdez
47.8%
Jakob Marsee
34.1%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Esmerlyn Valdez
26.1%
Jakob Marsee
3.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Esmerlyn Valdez
24.9%
Jakob Marsee
23.2%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Esmerlyn Valdez
16.2%
Jakob Marsee
7.7%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Esmerlyn Valdez
.365
Jakob Marsee
.303
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
.200.240
lg AVG .295
now .111
.203
Jakob Marsee
.200.240
lg AVG .295
now .194
.206

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Esmerlyn Valdez
513.20
now 2
10
Jakob Marsee
513.20
now 3
4
Runshigher is better
Esmerlyn Valdez
2045.40
now 2
15
Jakob Marsee
2045.40
now 33
30
RBIhigher is better
Esmerlyn Valdez
2051.20
now 5
38
Jakob Marsee
2051.20
now 16
14
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Esmerlyn Valdez
.00019.60
now 0
0
Jakob Marsee
.00019.60
now 14
13
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighEsmerlyn Valdez — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.71
Hold · leans sellJakob Marsee — hold.conf 0.60
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