MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Keibert Ruiz
Keibert Ruiz
WSH · C
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Portrait of Samuel Basallo
Samuel Basallo
BAL · C
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Samuel Basallo.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Samuel Basallo wins 3 categories (HR, R, AVG); Keibert Ruiz wins 2 (RBI, SB).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Keibert Ruiz
89.3
Samuel Basallo
91.4
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Keibert Ruiz
38.6%
Samuel Basallo
45.8%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Keibert Ruiz
5.7%
Samuel Basallo
12.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Keibert Ruiz
37.5%
Samuel Basallo
40.3%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Keibert Ruiz
7.4%
Samuel Basallo
16.6%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Keibert Ruiz
.274
Samuel Basallo
.337
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
.200.310
lg AVG .295
now .274
.218
Samuel Basallo
.200.310
lg AVG .295
now .283
.227

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Keibert Ruiz
511.80
now 5
2
Samuel Basallo
511.80
now 9
5
Runshigher is better
Keibert Ruiz
2026.20
now 15
19
Samuel Basallo
2026.20
now 23
22
RBIhigher is better
Keibert Ruiz
20.8035.20
now 25
32
Samuel Basallo
20.8035.20
now 25
24
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Keibert Ruiz
.0002.20
now 1
1
Samuel Basallo
.0002.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighKeibert Ruiz — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.79
BuySamuel Basallo — buy.conf 0.64
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