MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 10, 2026
Esmerlyn Valdez
PIT · RF
Change to
Portrait of Ramón Laureano
Ramón Laureano
SD · LF
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Ramón Laureano.

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

Ramón Laureano 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
90.6
Ramón Laureano
88.0
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Esmerlyn Valdez
48.9%
Ramón Laureano
41.2%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Esmerlyn Valdez
25.5%
Ramón Laureano
14.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Esmerlyn Valdez
24.9%
Ramón Laureano
32.7%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Esmerlyn Valdez
16.3%
Ramón Laureano
15.7%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Esmerlyn Valdez
.349
Ramón Laureano
.312
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
.190
Ramón Laureano
.200.240
lg AVG .295
now .203
.202

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Esmerlyn Valdez
511.80
now 2
9
Ramón Laureano
511.80
now 7
5
Runshigher is better
Esmerlyn Valdez
2031.40
now 2
15
Ramón Laureano
2031.40
now 23
23
RBIhigher is better
Esmerlyn Valdez
2051.20
now 5
38
Ramón Laureano
2051.20
now 21
21
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Esmerlyn Valdez
.0009.80
now 0
0
Ramón Laureano
.0009.80
now 7
7
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 · steadyRamón Laureano — hold.conf 0.60
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