MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Francisco Alvarez
NYM · C
Change to
Yainer Diaz
HOU · C
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22, 1 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Francisco Alvarez wins 2 (HR, R); Yainer Diaz wins 2 (RBI, AVG); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Francisco Alvarez
90.3
Yainer Diaz
87.7
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Francisco Alvarez
44.4%
Yainer Diaz
32.7%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Francisco Alvarez
16.3%
Yainer Diaz
5.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Francisco Alvarez
32.9%
Yainer Diaz
41.1%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Francisco Alvarez
15.2%
Yainer Diaz
12.0%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Francisco Alvarez
.339
Yainer Diaz
.296
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
05

The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · batting average
AVGhigher is better
Francisco Alvarez
.230.260
lg AVG .295
now .243
.244
Yainer Diaz
.230.260
lg AVG .295
now .238
.251

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Francisco Alvarez
55.20
now 4
4
Yainer Diaz
55.20
now 2
3
Runshigher is better
Francisco Alvarez
2016.20
now 12
13
Yainer Diaz
2016.20
now 7
9
RBIhigher is better
Francisco Alvarez
2021.20
now 10
10
Yainer Diaz
2021.20
now 14
18
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Francisco Alvarez
.0001.20
now 0
0
Yainer Diaz
.0001.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyFrancisco Alvarez — buy.conf 0.65
SellYainer Diaz — sell.conf 0.59
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