MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 8, 2026
Portrait of Ezequiel Duran
Ezequiel Duran
TEX · SS
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Portrait of Xander Bogaerts
Xander Bogaerts
SD · SS
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Ezequiel Duran.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — runs, RBI, and average.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Ezequiel Duran wins 3 categories (R, RBI, AVG); Xander Bogaerts wins 1 (SB); 1 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Ezequiel Duran
88.7
Xander Bogaerts
88.3
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Ezequiel Duran
35.8%
Xander Bogaerts
39.6%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Ezequiel Duran
6.5%
Xander Bogaerts
5.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Ezequiel Duran
36.3%
Xander Bogaerts
23.5%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Ezequiel Duran
13.4%
Xander Bogaerts
9.5%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Ezequiel Duran
.309
Xander Bogaerts
.322
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
Ezequiel Duran
.200.330
lg AVG .295
now .299
.247
Xander Bogaerts
.200.330
lg AVG .295
now .243
.225

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Ezequiel Duran
510.40
now 4
2
Xander Bogaerts
510.40
now 8
2
Runshigher is better
Ezequiel Duran
2029.40
now 25
16
Xander Bogaerts
2029.40
now 25
14
RBIhigher is better
Ezequiel Duran
2038.80
now 32
21
Xander Bogaerts
2038.80
now 26
15
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Ezequiel Duran
.60011.40
now 5
3
Xander Bogaerts
.60011.40
now 9
5
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyEzequiel Duran — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · steadyXander Bogaerts — hold.conf 0.60
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