MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 9, 2026
Portrait of Gary Sánchez
Gary Sánchez
MIL · 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

Gary Sánchez 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
Gary Sánchez
88.4
Yainer Diaz
87.6
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Gary Sánchez
36.6%
Yainer Diaz
34.8%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Gary Sánchez
8.9%
Yainer Diaz
5.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Gary Sánchez
20.0%
Yainer Diaz
43.1%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Gary Sánchez
8.9%
Yainer Diaz
12.9%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Gary Sánchez
.364
Yainer Diaz
.303
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
Gary Sánchez
.200.290
lg AVG .295
now .191
.200
Yainer Diaz
.200.290
lg AVG .295
now .238
.259

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Gary Sánchez
56.20
now 5
3
Yainer Diaz
56.20
now 2
2
Runshigher is better
Gary Sánchez
2018.20
now 15
14
Yainer Diaz
2018.20
now 7
7
RBIhigher is better
Gary Sánchez
2018.20
now 15
14
Yainer Diaz
2018.20
now 14
15
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Gary Sánchez
.0001.20
now 0
0
Yainer Diaz
.0001.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyGary Sánchez — buy.conf 0.70
Hold · leans sellYainer Diaz — hold.conf 0.60
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