MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 11, 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 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 2 categories (R, AVG); Brent Rooker wins 1 (HR); 2 even.

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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
32.6%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Brent Rooker
15.4%
Dominic Smith
5.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Brent Rooker
31.0%
Dominic Smith
31.5%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Brent Rooker
19.1%
Dominic Smith
10.3%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Brent Rooker
.312
Dominic Smith
.299
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
.178
Dominic Smith
.200.380
lg AVG .295
now .325
.223

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Brent Rooker
511.20
now 8
1
Dominic Smith
511.20
now 5
0
Runshigher is better
Brent Rooker
2028.20
now 15
3
Dominic Smith
2028.20
now 21
5
RBIhigher is better
Brent Rooker
2034
now 26
6
Dominic Smith
2034
now 25
6
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Brent Rooker
.0003.20
now 2
0
Dominic Smith
.0003.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyBrent Rooker — hold.conf 0.60
SellDominic Smith — sell.conf 0.58
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