MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 3, 2026
Portrait of Luke Raley
Luke Raley
SEA · RF
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Portrait of Ryan Waldschmidt
Ryan Waldschmidt
AZ · CF
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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); Ryan Waldschmidt wins 2 (SB, AVG).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Luke Raley
90.8
Ryan Waldschmidt
87.7
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Luke Raley
47.1%
Ryan Waldschmidt
34.0%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Luke Raley
15.7%
Ryan Waldschmidt
8.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Luke Raley
34.6%
Ryan Waldschmidt
25.2%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Luke Raley
22.1%
Ryan Waldschmidt
14.9%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Luke Raley
.342
Ryan Waldschmidt
.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
Luke Raley
.200.310
lg AVG .295
now .276
.207
Ryan Waldschmidt
.200.310
lg AVG .295
now .284
.254

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Luke Raley
518.20
now 13
4
Ryan Waldschmidt
518.20
now 0
2
Runshigher is better
Luke Raley
2026.80
now 22
16
Ryan Waldschmidt
2026.80
now 10
14
RBIhigher is better
Luke Raley
2040.60
now 31
23
Ryan Waldschmidt
2040.60
now 7
10
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Luke Raley
.0009.40
now 1
1
Ryan Waldschmidt
.0009.40
now 5
7
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyLuke Raley — buy.conf 0.65
Sell HighRyan Waldschmidt — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.73
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