MLB Daily DeltaWeek 13 · June 19, 2026
Portrait of Esteury Ruiz
Esteury Ruiz
MIA · RF
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Portrait of JJ Bleday
JJ Bleday
CIN · LF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

JJ Bleday.

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

JJ Bleday 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
88.0
JJ Bleday
89.9
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Esteury Ruiz
35.6%
JJ Bleday
46.6%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Esteury Ruiz
8.9%
JJ Bleday
11.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Esteury Ruiz
33.1%
JJ Bleday
23.9%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Esteury Ruiz
17.4%
JJ Bleday
11.5%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Esteury Ruiz
.296
JJ Bleday
.388
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
.200.350
lg AVG .295
now .178
.180
JJ Bleday
.200.350
lg AVG .295
now .301
.227

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Esteury Ruiz
513.20
now 2
3
JJ Bleday
513.20
now 10
8
Runshigher is better
Esteury Ruiz
2053
now 11
41
JJ Bleday
2053
now 19
37
RBIhigher is better
Esteury Ruiz
2072.20
now 5
19
JJ Bleday
2072.20
now 27
53
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Esteury Ruiz
.00041.60
now 8
30
JJ Bleday
.00041.60
now 1
2
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighEsteury Ruiz — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.79
BuyJJ Bleday — buy.conf 0.75
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