MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Andy Pages
Andy Pages
LAD · CF
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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, runs, and average. Andy Pages’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, R, AVG); Andy Pages 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
Andy Pages
89.1
Shohei Ohtani
93.5
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Andy Pages
44.9%
Shohei Ohtani
52.4%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Andy Pages
8.5%
Shohei Ohtani
17.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Andy Pages
32.7%
Shohei Ohtani
29.2%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Andy Pages
11.0%
Shohei Ohtani
12.7%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Andy Pages
.341
Shohei Ohtani
.415
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
Andy Pages
.230.310
lg AVG .295
now .293
.247
Shohei Ohtani
.230.310
lg AVG .295
now .289
.284

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Andy Pages
516.60
now 13
4
Shohei Ohtani
516.60
now 10
10
Runshigher is better
Andy Pages
2442
now 36
28
Shohei Ohtani
2442
now 38
29
RBIhigher is better
Andy Pages
2060.40
now 50
39
Shohei Ohtani
2060.40
now 31
24
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Andy Pages
3.808.20
now 7
5
Shohei Ohtani
3.808.20
now 6
5
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyAndy Pages — buy.conf 0.65
BuyShohei Ohtani — buy.conf 0.80
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