MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 29, 2026
Portrait of Ryan Vilade
Ryan Vilade
TB · RF
Change to
Wyatt Langford
TEX · LF
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Wyatt Langford.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — home runs, runs, steals, 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

Wyatt Langford wins 4 categories (HR, R, SB, AVG); Ryan Vilade wins 1 (RBI).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Ryan Vilade
89.4
Wyatt Langford
89.3
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Ryan Vilade
38.0%
Wyatt Langford
37.9%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Ryan Vilade
5.7%
Wyatt Langford
8.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Ryan Vilade
27.4%
Wyatt Langford
28.3%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Ryan Vilade
10.6%
Wyatt Langford
11.6%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Ryan Vilade
.310
Wyatt Langford
.318
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
Ryan Vilade
.200.300
lg AVG .295
now .278
.223
Wyatt Langford
.200.300
lg AVG .295
now .238
.258

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Ryan Vilade
54.20
now 3
2
Wyatt Langford
54.20
now 1
3
Runshigher is better
Ryan Vilade
2019.20
now 9
12
Wyatt Langford
2019.20
now 10
16
RBIhigher is better
Ryan Vilade
2036.20
now 20
27
Wyatt Langford
2036.20
now 4
6
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Ryan Vilade
.8006.20
now 2
3
Wyatt Langford
.8006.20
now 3
5
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyRyan Vilade — hold.conf 0.60
Sell HighWyatt Langford — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.76
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