MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 9, 2026
Esmerlyn Valdez
PIT · RF
Change to
Portrait of Myles Straw
Myles Straw
TOR · RF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Myles Straw.

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

Myles Straw 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
91.7
Myles Straw
86.1
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Esmerlyn Valdez
49.4%
Myles Straw
26.2%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Esmerlyn Valdez
23.6%
Myles Straw
3.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Esmerlyn Valdez
21.5%
Myles Straw
21.8%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Esmerlyn Valdez
16.9%
Myles Straw
4.8%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Esmerlyn Valdez
.352
Myles Straw
.298
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
.200.290
lg AVG .295
now .111
.159
Myles Straw
.200.290
lg AVG .295
now .241
.235

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Esmerlyn Valdez
55.20
now 2
4
Myles Straw
55.20
now 2
1
Runshigher is better
Esmerlyn Valdez
2024.40
now 2
9
Myles Straw
2024.40
now 18
17
RBIhigher is better
Esmerlyn Valdez
2030.20
now 5
23
Myles Straw
2030.20
now 6
6
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Esmerlyn Valdez
.0003.20
now 0
0
Myles Straw
.0003.20
now 2
2
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighEsmerlyn Valdez — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.78
SellMyles Straw — sell.conf 0.58
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