MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Blake Perkins
Blake Perkins
MIL · 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, RBI, steals, and average.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Shohei Ohtani wins 5 categories (HR, R, RBI, SB, AVG); Blake Perkins wins 0 (none).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Blake Perkins
86.4
Shohei Ohtani
93.5
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Blake Perkins
33.8%
Shohei Ohtani
52.4%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Blake Perkins
4.4%
Shohei Ohtani
17.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Blake Perkins
28.9%
Shohei Ohtani
29.2%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Blake Perkins
9.1%
Shohei Ohtani
12.7%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Blake Perkins
.264
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
Blake Perkins
.200.370
lg AVG .295
now .092
.194
Shohei Ohtani
.200.370
lg AVG .295
now .289
.284

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Blake Perkins
514
now 0
1
Shohei Ohtani
514
now 10
10
Runshigher is better
Blake Perkins
2050.80
now 6
11
Shohei Ohtani
2050.80
now 38
29
RBIhigher is better
Blake Perkins
2040.60
now 7
13
Shohei Ohtani
2040.60
now 31
24
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Blake Perkins
.4007.60
now 2
4
Shohei Ohtani
.4007.60
now 6
5
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeBlake Perkins — hold.conf 0.50
BuyShohei Ohtani — buy.conf 0.80
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