MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 3, 2026
Esmerlyn Valdez
PIT · RF
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Roman Anthony
BOS · LF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Roman Anthony.

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

Roman Anthony 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
92.4
Roman Anthony
92.3
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Esmerlyn Valdez
50.6%
Roman Anthony
47.4%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Esmerlyn Valdez
24.1%
Roman Anthony
9.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Esmerlyn Valdez
22.8%
Roman Anthony
21.6%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Esmerlyn Valdez
17.3%
Roman Anthony
10.4%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Esmerlyn Valdez
.363
Roman Anthony
.352
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
.171
Roman Anthony
.200.310
lg AVG .295
now .229
.256

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Esmerlyn Valdez
56.60
now 2
5
Roman Anthony
56.60
now 1
3
Runshigher is better
Esmerlyn Valdez
2016
now 2
10
Roman Anthony
2016
now 12
12
RBIhigher is better
Esmerlyn Valdez
2034.40
now 5
26
Roman Anthony
2034.40
now 5
5
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Esmerlyn Valdez
.0003.20
now 0
0
Roman Anthony
.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 0.80
Hold · wait & seeRoman Anthony — hold.conf 0.50
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