MLB Daily DeltaWeek 14 · June 28, 2026
Portrait of Esteury Ruiz
Esteury Ruiz
MIA · RF
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Portrait of Jackson Merrill
Jackson Merrill
SD · CF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Jackson Merrill.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — home runs, RBI, and average.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Jackson Merrill wins 3 categories (HR, RBI, AVG); Esteury Ruiz wins 2 (R, SB).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Esteury Ruiz
86.9
Jackson Merrill
90.0
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Esteury Ruiz
32.1%
Jackson Merrill
46.4%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Esteury Ruiz
7.5%
Jackson Merrill
10.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Esteury Ruiz
32.7%
Jackson Merrill
35.0%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Esteury Ruiz
16.0%
Jackson Merrill
15.3%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Esteury Ruiz
.316
Jackson Merrill
.310
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
Esteury Ruiz
.200.260
lg AVG .295
now .178
.195
Jackson Merrill
.200.260
lg AVG .295
now .209
.233

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Esteury Ruiz
511.80
now 2
2
Jackson Merrill
511.80
now 5
9
Runshigher is better
Esteury Ruiz
2047.40
now 11
37
Jackson Merrill
2047.40
now 26
30
RBIhigher is better
Esteury Ruiz
2031.60
now 5
17
Jackson Merrill
2031.60
now 21
24
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Esteury Ruiz
.40034.60
now 8
27
Jackson Merrill
.40034.60
now 10
11
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighEsteury Ruiz — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.75
Buy LowJackson Merrill — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.68
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