MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 8, 2026
Portrait of Andrew Benintendi
Andrew Benintendi
CWS · DH
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Portrait of Matt Olson
Matt Olson
ATL · 1B
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Matt Olson.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — home runs, runs, RBI, and average.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Matt Olson wins 4 categories (HR, R, RBI, AVG); Andrew Benintendi wins 0 (none); 1 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Andrew Benintendi
88.8
Matt Olson
92.6
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Andrew Benintendi
45.3%
Matt Olson
50.6%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Andrew Benintendi
8.9%
Matt Olson
15.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Andrew Benintendi
32.3%
Matt Olson
27.1%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Andrew Benintendi
15.3%
Matt Olson
11.2%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Andrew Benintendi
.316
Matt Olson
.366
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
Andrew Benintendi
.210.270
lg AVG .295
now .238
.228
Matt Olson
.210.270
lg AVG .295
now .261
.233

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Andrew Benintendi
521.60
now 5
2
Matt Olson
521.60
now 16
5
Runshigher is better
Andrew Benintendi
2052.20
now 21
13
Matt Olson
2052.20
now 41
21
RBIhigher is better
Andrew Benintendi
2056.20
now 27
17
Matt Olson
2056.20
now 45
23
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Andrew Benintendi
.0002.20
now 1
1
Matt Olson
.0002.20
now 1
1
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyAndrew Benintendi — hold.conf 0.60
BuyMatt Olson — buy.conf 0.70
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