MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 7, 2026
Esmerlyn Valdez
PIT · RF
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Portrait of Jo Adell
Jo Adell
LAA · RF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Jo Adell.

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

Jo Adell 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
90.5
Jo Adell
89.9
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Esmerlyn Valdez
50.0%
Jo Adell
43.7%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Esmerlyn Valdez
27.3%
Jo Adell
7.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Esmerlyn Valdez
24.8%
Jo Adell
38.1%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Esmerlyn Valdez
17.1%
Jo Adell
14.7%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Esmerlyn Valdez
.365
Jo Adell
.318
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
.200.300
lg AVG .295
now .111
.209
Jo Adell
.200.300
lg AVG .295
now .236
.246

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Esmerlyn Valdez
514.60
now 2
11
Jo Adell
514.60
now 9
7
Runshigher is better
Esmerlyn Valdez
2030
now 2
16
Jo Adell
2030
now 22
20
RBIhigher is better
Esmerlyn Valdez
2054
now 5
40
Jo Adell
2054
now 34
31
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Esmerlyn Valdez
.0004.20
now 0
0
Jo Adell
.0004.20
now 3
3
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighEsmerlyn Valdez — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.70
Hold · steadyJo Adell — hold.conf 0.60
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