MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 16, 2026
Esmerlyn Valdez
PIT · RF
Change to
Portrait of Kyle Tucker
Kyle Tucker
LAD · RF
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Kyle Tucker.

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

Kyle Tucker 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
92.1
Kyle Tucker
89.0
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Esmerlyn Valdez
52.6%
Kyle Tucker
39.6%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Esmerlyn Valdez
29.8%
Kyle Tucker
5.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Esmerlyn Valdez
24.6%
Kyle Tucker
24.9%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Esmerlyn Valdez
17.3%
Kyle Tucker
11.1%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Esmerlyn Valdez
.374
Kyle Tucker
.336
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
.200.310
lg AVG .295
now .111
.203
Kyle Tucker
.200.310
lg AVG .295
now .238
.255

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Esmerlyn Valdez
513.20
now 2
10
Kyle Tucker
513.20
now 4
4
Runshigher is better
Esmerlyn Valdez
2051
now 2
14
Kyle Tucker
2051
now 37
31
RBIhigher is better
Esmerlyn Valdez
2047
now 5
35
Kyle Tucker
2047
now 27
22
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Esmerlyn Valdez
.0005.60
now 0
0
Kyle Tucker
.0005.60
now 4
3
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighEsmerlyn Valdez — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.74
Hold · leans buyKyle Tucker — hold.conf 0.60
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