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

Sal Frelick.

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

Sal Frelick 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
Sal Frelick
85.9
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Esmerlyn Valdez
49.4%
Sal Frelick
27.8%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Esmerlyn Valdez
23.6%
Sal Frelick
2.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Esmerlyn Valdez
21.5%
Sal Frelick
23.8%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Esmerlyn Valdez
16.9%
Sal Frelick
4.6%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Esmerlyn Valdez
.352
Sal Frelick
.281
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
05

The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · batting average
AVGhigher is better
Esmerlyn Valdez
.200.280
lg AVG .295
now .111
.159
Sal Frelick
.200.280
lg AVG .295
now .219
.229

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Esmerlyn Valdez
55.20
now 2
4
Sal Frelick
55.20
now 3
1
Runshigher is better
Esmerlyn Valdez
2031.40
now 2
9
Sal Frelick
2031.40
now 23
14
RBIhigher is better
Esmerlyn Valdez
2030.20
now 5
23
Sal Frelick
2030.20
now 19
11
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Esmerlyn Valdez
.0005.60
now 0
0
Sal Frelick
.0005.60
now 4
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
SellSal Frelick — sell.conf 0.62
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