MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 22, 2026
Portrait of Brent Rooker
Brent Rooker
ATH · DH
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Portrait of Dominic Smith
Dominic Smith
ATL · DH
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Dominic Smith.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — runs, RBI, and average. Brent Rooker’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Dominic Smith wins 3 categories (R, RBI, AVG); Brent Rooker wins 2 (HR, SB).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Brent Rooker
89.9
Dominic Smith
87.8
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Brent Rooker
41.9%
Dominic Smith
35.6%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Brent Rooker
15.4%
Dominic Smith
5.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Brent Rooker
31.0%
Dominic Smith
32.3%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Brent Rooker
19.1%
Dominic Smith
9.8%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Brent Rooker
.314
Dominic Smith
.313
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
Brent Rooker
.200.380
lg AVG .295
now .194
.185
Dominic Smith
.200.380
lg AVG .295
now .325
.239

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Brent Rooker
510.40
now 8
6
Dominic Smith
510.40
now 5
2
Runshigher is better
Brent Rooker
2026.20
now 15
15
Dominic Smith
2026.20
now 21
23
RBIhigher is better
Brent Rooker
21.8031.20
now 26
26
Dominic Smith
21.8031.20
now 25
28
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Brent Rooker
.0003.20
now 2
2
Dominic Smith
.0003.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyBrent Rooker — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · steadyDominic Smith — hold.conf 0.60
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