MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 8, 2026
Portrait of Myles Straw
Myles Straw
TOR · RF
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Portrait of Ryan Vilade
Ryan Vilade
TB · RF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Myles Straw.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Myles Straw wins 2 categories (R, AVG); Ryan Vilade wins 1 (RBI); 2 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Myles Straw
86.1
Ryan Vilade
88.6
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Myles Straw
25.9%
Ryan Vilade
37.4%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Myles Straw
3.5%
Ryan Vilade
6.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Myles Straw
21.7%
Ryan Vilade
27.7%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Myles Straw
4.8%
Ryan Vilade
10.8%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Myles Straw
.299
Ryan Vilade
.310
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
Myles Straw
.200.300
lg AVG .295
now .241
.237
Ryan Vilade
.200.300
lg AVG .295
now .278
.224

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Myles Straw
54.20
now 2
1
Ryan Vilade
54.20
now 3
1
Runshigher is better
Myles Straw
2021.60
now 18
17
Ryan Vilade
2021.60
now 9
10
RBIhigher is better
Myles Straw
2028.40
now 6
6
Ryan Vilade
2028.40
now 20
22
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Myles Straw
.8003.20
now 2
2
Ryan Vilade
.8003.20
now 2
2
If you already own them — trade angle
SellMyles Straw — sell.conf 0.58
Hold · steadyRyan Vilade — hold.conf 0.60
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