MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 29, 2026
Portrait of Heriberto Hernández
Heriberto Hernández
MIA · LF
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Portrait of Luke Raley
Luke Raley
SEA · RF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Luke Raley.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Luke Raley wins 3 categories (HR, R, RBI); Heriberto Hernández wins 2 (SB, AVG).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Heriberto Hernández
92.2
Luke Raley
90.8
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Heriberto Hernández
51.7%
Luke Raley
47.9%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Heriberto Hernández
13.1%
Luke Raley
16.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Heriberto Hernández
26.3%
Luke Raley
34.1%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Heriberto Hernández
15.4%
Luke Raley
22.0%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Heriberto Hernández
.357
Luke Raley
.344
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
Heriberto Hernández
.200.300
lg AVG .295
now .206
.247
Luke Raley
.200.300
lg AVG .295
now .276
.209

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Heriberto Hernández
517
now 3
4
Luke Raley
517
now 13
5
Runshigher is better
Heriberto Hernández
2028
now 7
8
Luke Raley
2028
now 22
18
RBIhigher is better
Heriberto Hernández
2035.40
now 20
23
Luke Raley
2035.40
now 31
26
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Heriberto Hernández
.0008
now 5
6
Luke Raley
.0008
now 1
1
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyHeriberto Hernández — buy.conf 0.68
BuyLuke Raley — buy.conf 0.66
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