MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 11, 2026
Portrait of Carlos Cortes
Carlos Cortes
ATH · RF
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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, runs, RBI, steals, and average.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Shohei Ohtani wins 5 categories (HR, R, RBI, SB, AVG); Carlos Cortes wins 0 (none).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Carlos Cortes
89.7
Shohei Ohtani
93.5
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Carlos Cortes
40.4%
Shohei Ohtani
52.1%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Carlos Cortes
8.1%
Shohei Ohtani
16.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Carlos Cortes
24.8%
Shohei Ohtani
28.6%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Carlos Cortes
8.6%
Shohei Ohtani
12.5%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Carlos Cortes
.341
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
Carlos Cortes
.240.350
lg AVG .295
now .328
.266
Shohei Ohtani
.240.350
lg AVG .295
now .289
.285

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Carlos Cortes
515.20
now 5
4
Shohei Ohtani
515.20
now 10
12
Runshigher is better
Carlos Cortes
2047.60
now 14
16
Shohei Ohtani
2047.60
now 38
33
RBIhigher is better
Carlos Cortes
2036.60
now 17
20
Shohei Ohtani
2036.60
now 31
27
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Carlos Cortes
.0008
now 1
1
Shohei Ohtani
.0008
now 6
5
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyCarlos Cortes — buy.conf 0.65
BuyShohei Ohtani — buy.conf 0.79
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