MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 2, 2026
Portrait of Esteury Ruiz
Esteury Ruiz
MIA · RF
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Portrait of Sam Antonacci
Sam Antonacci
CWS · LF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Sam Antonacci.

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

Sam Antonacci 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
Sam Antonacci
87.8
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Esteury Ruiz
31.2%
Sam Antonacci
36.2%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Esteury Ruiz
9.1%
Sam Antonacci
6.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Esteury Ruiz
33.1%
Sam Antonacci
22.6%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Esteury Ruiz
15.7%
Sam Antonacci
6.3%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Esteury Ruiz
.314
Sam Antonacci
.354
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
.200.320
lg AVG .295
now .178
.186
Sam Antonacci
.200.320
lg AVG .295
now .280
.282

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Esteury Ruiz
53.20
now 2
1
Sam Antonacci
53.20
now 1
2
Runshigher is better
Esteury Ruiz
2030.60
now 11
21
Sam Antonacci
2030.60
now 25
20
RBIhigher is better
Esteury Ruiz
2016.20
now 5
10
Sam Antonacci
2016.20
now 13
11
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Esteury Ruiz
220
now 8
16
Sam Antonacci
220
now 8
6
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighEsteury Ruiz — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.68
Hold · leans buySam Antonacci — hold.conf 0.60
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