MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Chandler Simpson
Chandler Simpson
TB · 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 RBI. Chandler Simpson’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, RBI); Chandler Simpson wins 2 (SB, AVG).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Chandler Simpson
83.7
Ronald Acuña Jr.
90.5
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Chandler Simpson
12.9%
Ronald Acuña Jr.
45.9%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Chandler Simpson
0.0%
Ronald Acuña Jr.
12.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Chandler Simpson
30.8%
Ronald Acuña Jr.
28.3%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Chandler Simpson
5.1%
Ronald Acuña Jr.
14.7%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Chandler Simpson
.262
Ronald Acuña Jr.
.364
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
Chandler Simpson
.220.300
lg AVG .295
now .284
.280
Ronald Acuña Jr.
.220.300
lg AVG .295
now .253
.238

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Chandler Simpson
59.80
now 0
0
Ronald Acuña Jr.
59.80
now 7
1
Runshigher is better
Chandler Simpson
2040
now 30
5
Ronald Acuña Jr.
2040
now 27
6
RBIhigher is better
Chandler Simpson
2028.60
now 12
2
Ronald Acuña Jr.
2028.60
now 21
4
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Chandler Simpson
.00018.80
now 14
3
Ronald Acuña Jr.
.00018.80
now 12
2
If you already own them — trade angle
SellChandler Simpson — sell.conf 0.66
BuyRonald Acuña Jr. — buy.conf 0.70
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