MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 11, 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).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Bobby Witt Jr.
92.2
Joey Ortiz
88.9
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Bobby Witt Jr.
50.5%
Joey Ortiz
37.2%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Bobby Witt Jr.
12.0%
Joey Ortiz
4.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Bobby Witt Jr.
32.9%
Joey Ortiz
32.1%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Bobby Witt Jr.
11.8%
Joey Ortiz
8.4%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Bobby Witt Jr.
.385
Joey Ortiz
.296
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.
.200.320
lg AVG .295
now .287
.280
Joey Ortiz
.200.320
lg AVG .295
now .193
.234

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Bobby Witt Jr.
512.60
now 9
1
Joey Ortiz
512.60
now 1
0
Runshigher is better
Bobby Witt Jr.
2040.40
now 30
5
Joey Ortiz
2040.40
now 15
4
RBIhigher is better
Bobby Witt Jr.
2035.20
now 26
4
Joey Ortiz
2035.20
now 13
3
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Bobby Witt Jr.
.00023.40
now 17
3
Joey Ortiz
.00023.40
now 4
1
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyBobby Witt Jr. — buy.conf 0.74
SellJoey Ortiz — sell.conf 0.59
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