MLB Daily DeltaWeek 14 · June 25, 2026
Portrait of Casey Schmitt
Casey Schmitt
SF · LF
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Portrait of Ronald Acuña Jr.
Ronald Acuña Jr.
ATL · RF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Ronald Acuña Jr..

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — home runs, runs, and steals. Casey Schmitt’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Ronald Acuña Jr. wins 3 categories (HR, R, SB); Casey Schmitt wins 2 (RBI, AVG).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Casey Schmitt
89.4
Ronald Acuña Jr.
90.1
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Casey Schmitt
43.4%
Ronald Acuña Jr.
43.4%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Casey Schmitt
12.8%
Ronald Acuña Jr.
13.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Casey Schmitt
37.1%
Ronald Acuña Jr.
25.0%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Casey Schmitt
11.9%
Ronald Acuña Jr.
13.3%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Casey Schmitt
.364
Ronald Acuña Jr.
.378
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
Casey Schmitt
.230.310
lg AVG .295
now .289
.279
Ronald Acuña Jr.
.230.310
lg AVG .295
now .253
.247

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Casey Schmitt
514
now 12
9
Ronald Acuña Jr.
514
now 7
10
Runshigher is better
Casey Schmitt
23.8038.20
now 27
33
Ronald Acuña Jr.
23.8038.20
now 27
35
RBIhigher is better
Casey Schmitt
2047.60
now 33
40
Ronald Acuña Jr.
2047.60
now 21
27
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Casey Schmitt
119
now 5
6
Ronald Acuña Jr.
119
now 12
15
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyCasey Schmitt — buy.conf 0.70
BuyRonald Acuña Jr. — buy.conf 0.73
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