MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 8, 2026
Esmerlyn Valdez
PIT · RF
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Portrait of Taylor Ward
Taylor Ward
BAL · LF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Taylor Ward.

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

Taylor Ward wins 3 categories (R, SB, AVG); Esmerlyn Valdez wins 2 (HR, RBI).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Esmerlyn Valdez
90.5
Taylor Ward
89.5
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Esmerlyn Valdez
50.0%
Taylor Ward
39.8%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Esmerlyn Valdez
27.3%
Taylor Ward
5.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Esmerlyn Valdez
24.8%
Taylor Ward
14.5%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Esmerlyn Valdez
17.1%
Taylor Ward
6.7%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Esmerlyn Valdez
.365
Taylor Ward
.344
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
.209
Taylor Ward
.200.310
lg AVG .295
now .248
.255

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Esmerlyn Valdez
513.20
now 2
10
Taylor Ward
513.20
now 2
6
Runshigher is better
Esmerlyn Valdez
2049.60
now 2
16
Taylor Ward
2049.60
now 36
32
RBIhigher is better
Esmerlyn Valdez
2052.60
now 5
39
Taylor Ward
2052.60
now 17
15
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Esmerlyn Valdez
.0003.20
now 0
0
Taylor Ward
.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 0.70
BuyTaylor Ward — buy.conf 0.66
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