MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 8, 2026
Portrait of Esteury Ruiz
Esteury Ruiz
MIA · RF
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Portrait of Wilyer Abreu
Wilyer Abreu
BOS · RF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Wilyer Abreu.

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

Wilyer Abreu 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
85.5
Wilyer Abreu
90.0
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Esteury Ruiz
29.6%
Wilyer Abreu
43.2%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Esteury Ruiz
8.6%
Wilyer Abreu
12.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Esteury Ruiz
32.6%
Wilyer Abreu
31.3%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Esteury Ruiz
15.8%
Wilyer Abreu
12.1%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Esteury Ruiz
.309
Wilyer Abreu
.350
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
.200.330
lg AVG .295
now .178
.180
Wilyer Abreu
.200.330
lg AVG .295
now .284
.251

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Esteury Ruiz
58
now 2
1
Wilyer Abreu
58
now 6
4
Runshigher is better
Esteury Ruiz
2032
now 11
19
Wilyer Abreu
2032
now 26
14
RBIhigher is better
Esteury Ruiz
2031.60
now 5
9
Wilyer Abreu
2031.60
now 24
13
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Esteury Ruiz
.00018.80
now 8
14
Wilyer Abreu
.00018.80
now 4
2
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighEsteury Ruiz — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.70
BuyWilyer Abreu — buy.conf 0.67
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