MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Portrait of Ramón Laureano
Ramón Laureano
SD · LF
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Portrait of Taylor Ward
Taylor Ward
BAL · LF
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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, RBI, and steals.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Ramón Laureano wins 3 categories (HR, RBI, SB); Taylor Ward wins 2 (R, 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
Taylor Ward
89.4
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Ramón Laureano
41.2%
Taylor Ward
38.7%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Ramón Laureano
14.3%
Taylor Ward
5.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Ramón Laureano
32.7%
Taylor Ward
14.2%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Ramón Laureano
15.7%
Taylor Ward
6.6%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Ramón Laureano
.312
Taylor Ward
.348
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
.200.270
lg AVG .295
now .203
.200
Taylor Ward
.200.270
lg AVG .295
now .248
.251

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Ramón Laureano
59
now 7
4
Taylor Ward
59
now 2
3
Runshigher is better
Ramón Laureano
2043.60
now 23
17
Taylor Ward
2043.60
now 36
23
RBIhigher is better
Ramón Laureano
2025
now 21
16
Taylor Ward
2025
now 17
11
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Ramón Laureano
.0009.40
now 7
5
Taylor Ward
.0009.40
now 2
1
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyRamón Laureano — hold.conf 0.60
BuyTaylor Ward — buy.conf 0.67
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