MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Brent Rooker
Brent Rooker
ATH · DH
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Lars Nootbaar
AZ · DH
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Lars Nootbaar.

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

Lars Nootbaar wins 3 categories (R, RBI, AVG); Brent Rooker wins 0 (none); 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
Lars Nootbaar
92.0
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Brent Rooker
41.9%
Lars Nootbaar
49.7%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Brent Rooker
15.4%
Lars Nootbaar
9.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Brent Rooker
31.0%
Lars Nootbaar
19.6%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Brent Rooker
19.1%
Lars Nootbaar
6.9%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Brent Rooker
.312
Lars Nootbaar
.343
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
.200.480
lg AVG .295
now .194
.178
Lars Nootbaar
.200.480
lg AVG .295
now .429
.223

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Brent Rooker
510.80
now 8
1
Lars Nootbaar
510.80
now 1
1
Runshigher is better
Brent Rooker
2020.20
now 15
4
Lars Nootbaar
2020.20
now 2
9
RBIhigher is better
Brent Rooker
2035.20
now 26
6
Lars Nootbaar
2035.20
now 3
13
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Brent Rooker
.0003.20
now 2
0
Lars Nootbaar
.0003.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyBrent Rooker — hold.conf 0.60
BuyLars Nootbaar — buy.conf 0.66
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