MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 18, 2026
Portrait of Aaron Judge
Aaron Judge
NYY · RF
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Portrait of Shohei Ohtani
Shohei Ohtani
LAD · TWP
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Shohei Ohtani.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Shohei Ohtani wins 3 categories (HR, SB, AVG); Aaron Judge wins 2 (R, RBI).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Aaron Judge
94.1
Shohei Ohtani
93.6
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Aaron Judge
57.3%
Shohei Ohtani
52.4%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Aaron Judge
21.7%
Shohei Ohtani
17.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Aaron Judge
25.8%
Shohei Ohtani
29.1%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Aaron Judge
13.8%
Shohei Ohtani
12.7%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Aaron Judge
.415
Shohei Ohtani
.416
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
Aaron Judge
.210.310
lg AVG .295
now .248
.233
Shohei Ohtani
.210.310
lg AVG .295
now .289
.287

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Aaron Judge
5.8020.20
now 17
9
Shohei Ohtani
5.8020.20
now 10
10
Runshigher is better
Aaron Judge
23.4048.60
now 43
33
Shohei Ohtani
23.4048.60
now 38
29
RBIhigher is better
Aaron Judge
2043.60
now 38
29
Shohei Ohtani
2043.60
now 31
24
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Aaron Judge
2.807.20
now 5
4
Shohei Ohtani
2.807.20
now 6
5
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyAaron Judge — buy.conf 0.80
BuyShohei Ohtani — buy.conf 0.80
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