MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 3, 2026
Portrait of Esteury Ruiz
Esteury Ruiz
MIA · RF
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Portrait of Julio Rodríguez
Julio Rodríguez
SEA · CF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Julio Rodríguez.

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

Julio Rodríguez 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
85.9
Julio Rodríguez
90.0
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Esteury Ruiz
30.4%
Julio Rodríguez
42.9%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Esteury Ruiz
8.9%
Julio Rodríguez
8.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Esteury Ruiz
32.9%
Julio Rodríguez
39.9%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Esteury Ruiz
15.6%
Julio Rodríguez
14.0%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Esteury Ruiz
.312
Julio Rodríguez
.345
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
.200.290
lg AVG .295
now .178
.185
Julio Rodríguez
.200.290
lg AVG .295
now .259
.245

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Esteury Ruiz
516.40
now 2
1
Julio Rodríguez
516.40
now 12
3
Runshigher is better
Esteury Ruiz
2040.40
now 11
21
Julio Rodríguez
2040.40
now 32
18
RBIhigher is better
Esteury Ruiz
2040
now 5
10
Julio Rodríguez
2040
now 30
17
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Esteury Ruiz
.00019.80
now 8
15
Julio Rodríguez
.00019.80
now 5
3
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighEsteury Ruiz — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.71
BuyJulio Rodríguez — buy.conf 0.66
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