MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 9, 2026
Esmerlyn Valdez
PIT · RF
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Portrait of Tyler Soderstrom
Tyler Soderstrom
ATH · LF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Tyler Soderstrom.

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

Tyler Soderstrom 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
90.3
Tyler Soderstrom
89.9
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Esmerlyn Valdez
47.8%
Tyler Soderstrom
44.2%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Esmerlyn Valdez
26.1%
Tyler Soderstrom
10.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Esmerlyn Valdez
24.9%
Tyler Soderstrom
26.0%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Esmerlyn Valdez
16.2%
Tyler Soderstrom
9.9%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Esmerlyn Valdez
.365
Tyler Soderstrom
.337
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
.203
Tyler Soderstrom
.200.290
lg AVG .295
now .226
.240

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Esmerlyn Valdez
513.20
now 2
10
Tyler Soderstrom
513.20
now 7
7
Runshigher is better
Esmerlyn Valdez
2035.60
now 2
15
Tyler Soderstrom
2035.60
now 26
25
RBIhigher is better
Esmerlyn Valdez
2051.20
now 5
38
Tyler Soderstrom
2051.20
now 26
25
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Esmerlyn Valdez
.0002.20
now 0
0
Tyler Soderstrom
.0002.20
now 1
1
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighEsmerlyn Valdez — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.71
BuyTyler Soderstrom — buy.conf 0.64
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