MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 22, 2026
Portrait of Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
TOR · 1B
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Portrait of Yandy Díaz
Yandy Díaz
TB · DH
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Vladimir Guerrero Jr..

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. wins 3 categories (R, SB, AVG); Yandy Díaz wins 1 (RBI); 1 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
90.1
Yandy Díaz
91.0
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
43.9%
Yandy Díaz
47.7%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
6.9%
Yandy Díaz
6.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
31.0%
Yandy Díaz
27.4%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
9.9%
Yandy Díaz
6.7%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
.342
Yandy Díaz
.361
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
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
.260.330
lg AVG .295
now .298
.283
Yandy Díaz
.260.330
lg AVG .295
now .317
.279

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
514.20
now 3
4
Yandy Díaz
514.20
now 11
4
Runshigher is better
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
2039.40
now 35
26
Yandy Díaz
2039.40
now 31
24
RBIhigher is better
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
2046
now 24
18
Yandy Díaz
2046
now 38
30
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
.0006.60
now 5
4
Yandy Díaz
.0006.60
now 1
1
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyVladimir Guerrero Jr. — buy.conf 0.65
BuyYandy Díaz — buy.conf 0.69
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