MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 29, 2026
Portrait of Ramón Laureano
Ramón Laureano
SD · LF
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Portrait of Ryan Waldschmidt
Ryan Waldschmidt
AZ · CF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Ramón Laureano.

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

Ramón Laureano 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
Ramón Laureano
88.0
Ryan Waldschmidt
87.8
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Ramón Laureano
41.2%
Ryan Waldschmidt
36.3%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Ramón Laureano
14.3%
Ryan Waldschmidt
7.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Ramón Laureano
32.7%
Ryan Waldschmidt
25.1%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Ramón Laureano
15.7%
Ryan Waldschmidt
15.2%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Ramón Laureano
.312
Ryan Waldschmidt
.286
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
Ramón Laureano
.200.320
lg AVG .295
now .203
.200
Ryan Waldschmidt
.200.320
lg AVG .295
now .284
.245

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Ramón Laureano
59.80
now 7
4
Ryan Waldschmidt
59.80
now 0
2
Runshigher is better
Ramón Laureano
2028.20
now 23
17
Ryan Waldschmidt
2028.20
now 10
16
RBIhigher is better
Ramón Laureano
2026.60
now 21
16
Ryan Waldschmidt
2026.60
now 7
11
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Ramón Laureano
3.809.20
now 7
5
Ryan Waldschmidt
3.809.20
now 5
8
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyRamón Laureano — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · wait & seeRyan Waldschmidt — hold.conf 0.50
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