MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 2, 2026
Portrait of Esteury Ruiz
Esteury Ruiz
MIA · RF
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Portrait of Pete Crow-Armstrong
Pete Crow-Armstrong
CHC · CF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Pete Crow-Armstrong.

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

Pete Crow-Armstrong 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
86.5
Pete Crow-Armstrong
90.2
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Esteury Ruiz
31.2%
Pete Crow-Armstrong
49.1%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Esteury Ruiz
9.1%
Pete Crow-Armstrong
11.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Esteury Ruiz
33.1%
Pete Crow-Armstrong
34.4%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Esteury Ruiz
15.7%
Pete Crow-Armstrong
13.8%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Esteury Ruiz
.314
Pete Crow-Armstrong
.362
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
.200.280
lg AVG .295
now .178
.186
Pete Crow-Armstrong
.200.280
lg AVG .295
now .237
.252

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Esteury Ruiz
59.40
now 2
1
Pete Crow-Armstrong
59.40
now 7
4
Runshigher is better
Esteury Ruiz
2041.80
now 11
21
Pete Crow-Armstrong
2041.80
now 33
20
RBIhigher is better
Esteury Ruiz
2034.40
now 5
10
Pete Crow-Armstrong
2034.40
now 26
16
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Esteury Ruiz
3.4019.60
now 8
16
Pete Crow-Armstrong
3.4019.60
now 12
7
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighEsteury Ruiz — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.68
BuyPete Crow-Armstrong — buy.conf 0.69
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