MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 4, 2026
Portrait of Keibert Ruiz
Keibert Ruiz
WSH · C
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Portrait of Kyle Higashioka
Kyle Higashioka
TEX · C
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Keibert Ruiz.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Keibert Ruiz wins 4 categories (R, RBI, SB, AVG); Kyle Higashioka wins 1 (HR).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Keibert Ruiz
88.3
Kyle Higashioka
88.2
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Keibert Ruiz
37.0%
Kyle Higashioka
38.1%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Keibert Ruiz
4.8%
Kyle Higashioka
8.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Keibert Ruiz
37.0%
Kyle Higashioka
31.1%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Keibert Ruiz
7.0%
Kyle Higashioka
11.6%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Keibert Ruiz
.269
Kyle Higashioka
.295
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
Keibert Ruiz
.200.300
lg AVG .295
now .274
.211
Kyle Higashioka
.200.300
lg AVG .295
now .211
.203

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Keibert Ruiz
56.60
now 5
1
Kyle Higashioka
56.60
now 3
3
Runshigher is better
Keibert Ruiz
2018.20
now 15
14
Kyle Higashioka
2018.20
now 10
12
RBIhigher is better
Keibert Ruiz
2031
now 25
24
Kyle Higashioka
2031
now 10
12
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Keibert Ruiz
.0002.20
now 1
1
Kyle Higashioka
.0002.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
SellKeibert Ruiz — sell.conf 0.64
SellKyle Higashioka — sell.conf 0.59
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