MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 1, 2026
Portrait of Byron Buxton
Byron Buxton
MIN · CF
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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, RBI, steals, and average.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Shohei Ohtani wins 4 categories (HR, RBI, SB, AVG); Byron Buxton wins 1 (R).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Byron Buxton
90.3
Shohei Ohtani
93.7
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Byron Buxton
47.3%
Shohei Ohtani
53.7%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Byron Buxton
17.6%
Shohei Ohtani
16.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Byron Buxton
35.2%
Shohei Ohtani
29.7%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Byron Buxton
16.6%
Shohei Ohtani
13.8%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Byron Buxton
.348
Shohei Ohtani
.411
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
.200.320
lg AVG .295
now .258
.221
Shohei Ohtani
.200.320
lg AVG .295
now .289
.283

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Byron Buxton
521.40
now 17
6
Shohei Ohtani
521.40
now 10
7
Runshigher is better
Byron Buxton
2046.80
now 40
27
Shohei Ohtani
2046.80
now 38
23
RBIhigher is better
Byron Buxton
2036.20
now 27
18
Shohei Ohtani
2036.20
now 31
19
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Byron Buxton
1.807.20
now 5
3
Shohei Ohtani
1.807.20
now 6
4
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyByron Buxton — buy.conf 0.67
BuyShohei Ohtani — buy.conf 0.79
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