MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Brandon Nimmo
Brandon Nimmo
TEX · RF
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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); Brandon Nimmo wins 0 (none).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Brandon Nimmo
92.5
Shohei Ohtani
93.5
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Brandon Nimmo
52.2%
Shohei Ohtani
52.4%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Brandon Nimmo
13.0%
Shohei Ohtani
17.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Brandon Nimmo
28.5%
Shohei Ohtani
29.2%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Brandon Nimmo
11.2%
Shohei Ohtani
12.7%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Brandon Nimmo
.378
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
Brandon Nimmo
.250.300
lg AVG .295
now .258
.279
Shohei Ohtani
.250.300
lg AVG .295
now .289
.284

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Brandon Nimmo
511.60
now 7
6
Shohei Ohtani
511.60
now 10
10
Runshigher is better
Brandon Nimmo
2045.20
now 26
20
Shohei Ohtani
2045.20
now 38
29
RBIhigher is better
Brandon Nimmo
2037
now 21
16
Shohei Ohtani
2037
now 31
24
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Brandon Nimmo
.4007.60
now 2
2
Shohei Ohtani
.4007.60
now 6
5
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyBrandon Nimmo — buy.conf 0.73
BuyShohei Ohtani — buy.conf 0.80
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