MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Bobby Witt Jr.
Bobby Witt Jr.
KC · SS
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Portrait of Joey Ortiz
Joey Ortiz
MIL · SS
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Bobby Witt Jr..

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

Bobby Witt Jr. wins 5 categories (HR, R, RBI, SB, AVG); Joey Ortiz wins 0 (none).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Bobby Witt Jr.
93.1
Joey Ortiz
87.6
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Bobby Witt Jr.
52.4%
Joey Ortiz
33.5%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Bobby Witt Jr.
11.8%
Joey Ortiz
3.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Bobby Witt Jr.
33.2%
Joey Ortiz
30.6%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Bobby Witt Jr.
12.0%
Joey Ortiz
8.3%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Bobby Witt Jr.
.386
Joey Ortiz
.297
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
Bobby Witt Jr.
.200.330
lg AVG .295
now .287
.293
Joey Ortiz
.200.330
lg AVG .295
now .193
.230

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Bobby Witt Jr.
512.20
now 9
6
Joey Ortiz
512.20
now 1
2
Runshigher is better
Bobby Witt Jr.
2036
now 30
22
Joey Ortiz
2036
now 15
17
RBIhigher is better
Bobby Witt Jr.
2031.20
now 26
19
Joey Ortiz
2031.20
now 13
14
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Bobby Witt Jr.
.00022.20
now 17
13
Joey Ortiz
.00022.20
now 4
4
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyBobby Witt Jr. — buy.conf 0.74
SellJoey Ortiz — sell.conf 0.59
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