MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Byron Buxton
Byron Buxton
MIN · CF
Change to
Ryan O'Hearn
PIT · RF
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22, 1 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Byron Buxton wins 2 (R, SB); Ryan O'Hearn wins 2 (RBI, AVG); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Byron Buxton
90.2
Ryan O'Hearn
89.3
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Byron Buxton
46.7%
Ryan O'Hearn
43.5%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Byron Buxton
15.8%
Ryan O'Hearn
7.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Byron Buxton
34.4%
Ryan O'Hearn
31.7%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Byron Buxton
16.5%
Ryan O'Hearn
10.3%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Byron Buxton
.343
Ryan O'Hearn
.321
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
Byron Buxton
.200.330
lg AVG .295
now .258
.210
Ryan O'Hearn
.200.330
lg AVG .295
now .294
.233

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Byron Buxton
523.40
now 17
1
Ryan O'Hearn
523.40
now 8
1
Runshigher is better
Byron Buxton
2053.60
now 40
8
Ryan O'Hearn
2053.60
now 28
6
RBIhigher is better
Byron Buxton
2040
now 27
5
Ryan O'Hearn
2040
now 30
7
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Byron Buxton
.0007
now 5
1
Ryan O'Hearn
.0007
now 1
0
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyByron Buxton — buy.conf 0.66
Hold · steadyRyan O'Hearn — hold.conf 0.60
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