MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 11, 2026
Portrait of Austin Riley
Austin Riley
ATL · 3B
Change to
Portrait of Kazuma Okamoto
Kazuma Okamoto
TOR · 3B
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 11, 3 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Austin Riley wins 1 (AVG); Kazuma Okamoto wins 1 (RBI); 3 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Austin Riley
91.4
Kazuma Okamoto
90.5
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Austin Riley
44.9%
Kazuma Okamoto
44.1%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Austin Riley
12.2%
Kazuma Okamoto
13.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Austin Riley
32.6%
Kazuma Okamoto
27.8%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Austin Riley
15.8%
Kazuma Okamoto
15.8%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Austin Riley
.298
Kazuma Okamoto
.322
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
Austin Riley
.200.230
lg AVG .295
now .209
.208
Kazuma Okamoto
.200.230
lg AVG .295
now .214
.191

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Austin Riley
516.40
now 8
1
Kazuma Okamoto
516.40
now 12
1
Runshigher is better
Austin Riley
2040
now 30
5
Kazuma Okamoto
2040
now 28
5
RBIhigher is better
Austin Riley
2044.20
now 32
5
Kazuma Okamoto
2044.20
now 33
6
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Austin Riley
.0004.20
now 3
0
Kazuma Okamoto
.0004.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
SellAustin Riley — sell.conf 0.58
Hold · steadyKazuma Okamoto — hold.conf 0.60
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