MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 7, 2026
Esmerlyn Valdez
PIT · RF
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Portrait of Luke Raley
Luke Raley
SEA · RF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Luke Raley.

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

Luke Raley 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
90.5
Luke Raley
90.9
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Esmerlyn Valdez
50.0%
Luke Raley
48.6%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Esmerlyn Valdez
27.3%
Luke Raley
16.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Esmerlyn Valdez
24.8%
Luke Raley
33.9%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Esmerlyn Valdez
17.1%
Luke Raley
22.1%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Esmerlyn Valdez
.365
Luke Raley
.349
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
.200.340
lg AVG .295
now .111
.209
Luke Raley
.200.340
lg AVG .295
now .276
.213

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Esmerlyn Valdez
517.40
now 2
11
Luke Raley
517.40
now 13
8
Runshigher is better
Esmerlyn Valdez
2035.60
now 2
16
Luke Raley
2035.60
now 22
26
RBIhigher is better
Esmerlyn Valdez
2054
now 5
40
Luke Raley
2054
now 31
37
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Esmerlyn Valdez
.0002.20
now 0
0
Luke Raley
.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
BuyLuke Raley — buy.conf 0.67
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