MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 2, 2026
Portrait of Esteury Ruiz
Esteury Ruiz
MIA · RF
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Portrait of Ronald Acuña Jr.
Ronald Acuña Jr.
ATL · RF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Ronald Acuña Jr..

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

Ronald Acuña Jr. 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
Ronald Acuña Jr.
89.9
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Esteury Ruiz
31.2%
Ronald Acuña Jr.
43.3%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Esteury Ruiz
9.1%
Ronald Acuña Jr.
14.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Esteury Ruiz
33.1%
Ronald Acuña Jr.
25.5%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Esteury Ruiz
15.7%
Ronald Acuña Jr.
13.6%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Esteury Ruiz
.314
Ronald Acuña Jr.
.376
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
Ronald Acuña Jr.
.200.280
lg AVG .295
now .253
.238

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Esteury Ruiz
59.40
now 2
1
Ronald Acuña Jr.
59.40
now 7
5
Runshigher is better
Esteury Ruiz
2033.40
now 11
21
Ronald Acuña Jr.
2033.40
now 27
19
RBIhigher is better
Esteury Ruiz
2027.40
now 5
10
Ronald Acuña Jr.
2027.40
now 21
15
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Esteury Ruiz
4.8019.20
now 8
16
Ronald Acuña Jr.
4.8019.20
now 12
9
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighEsteury Ruiz — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.68
BuyRonald Acuña Jr. — buy.conf 0.72
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