MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 3, 2026
Portrait of Leody Taveras
Leody Taveras
BAL · CF
Change to
Portrait of Ramón Laureano
Ramón Laureano
SD · LF
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Leody Taveras.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — runs, RBI, and average. Ramón Laureano’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Leody Taveras wins 3 categories (R, RBI, AVG); Ramón Laureano wins 2 (HR, SB).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Leody Taveras
87.6
Ramón Laureano
88.0
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Leody Taveras
30.9%
Ramón Laureano
41.2%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Leody Taveras
4.5%
Ramón Laureano
14.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Leody Taveras
30.4%
Ramón Laureano
32.7%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Leody Taveras
12.1%
Ramón Laureano
15.7%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Leody Taveras
.288
Ramón Laureano
.312
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
Leody Taveras
.200.300
lg AVG .295
now .274
.215
Ramón Laureano
.200.300
lg AVG .295
now .203
.199

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Leody Taveras
59
now 2
2
Ramón Laureano
59
now 7
3
Runshigher is better
Leody Taveras
2026.20
now 22
16
Ramón Laureano
2026.20
now 23
15
RBIhigher is better
Leody Taveras
2025.20
now 22
16
Ramón Laureano
2025.20
now 21
14
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Leody Taveras
2.808.20
now 6
4
Ramón Laureano
2.808.20
now 7
5
If you already own them — trade angle
SellLeody Taveras — sell.conf 0.60
Hold · steadyRamón Laureano — hold.conf 0.60
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