MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 2, 2026
Portrait of Esteury Ruiz
Esteury Ruiz
MIA · RF
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Portrait of Juan Soto
Juan Soto
NYM · LF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Juan Soto.

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

Juan Soto wins 3 categories (HR, RBI, AVG); Esteury Ruiz wins 1 (SB); 1 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Esteury Ruiz
86.5
Juan Soto
92.5
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Esteury Ruiz
31.2%
Juan Soto
48.6%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Esteury Ruiz
9.1%
Juan Soto
14.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Esteury Ruiz
33.1%
Juan Soto
19.8%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Esteury Ruiz
15.7%
Juan Soto
8.1%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Esteury Ruiz
.314
Juan Soto
.422
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
.200.340
lg AVG .295
now .178
.186
Juan Soto
.200.340
lg AVG .295
now .297
.261

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Esteury Ruiz
517.80
now 2
1
Juan Soto
517.80
now 13
5
Runshigher is better
Esteury Ruiz
2033.40
now 11
21
Juan Soto
2033.40
now 27
21
RBIhigher is better
Esteury Ruiz
2038.60
now 5
10
Juan Soto
2038.60
now 29
22
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Esteury Ruiz
.00020.80
now 8
16
Juan Soto
.00020.80
now 5
4
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighEsteury Ruiz — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.68
BuyJuan Soto — buy.conf 0.81
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