MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 11, 2026
Portrait of Chase DeLauter
Chase DeLauter
CLE · 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, steals, and average.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

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

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Chase DeLauter
90.7
Shohei Ohtani
93.5
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Chase DeLauter
43.7%
Shohei Ohtani
52.1%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Chase DeLauter
5.7%
Shohei Ohtani
16.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Chase DeLauter
20.5%
Shohei Ohtani
28.6%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Chase DeLauter
6.8%
Shohei Ohtani
12.5%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Chase DeLauter
.335
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
Chase DeLauter
.250.300
lg AVG .295
now .268
.266
Shohei Ohtani
.250.300
lg AVG .295
now .289
.285

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Chase DeLauter
515.20
now 7
4
Shohei Ohtani
515.20
now 10
12
Runshigher is better
Chase DeLauter
2045.20
now 22
20
Shohei Ohtani
2045.20
now 38
33
RBIhigher is better
Chase DeLauter
23.8035.20
now 32
30
Shohei Ohtani
23.8035.20
now 31
27
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Chase DeLauter
.4007.60
now 2
2
Shohei Ohtani
.4007.60
now 6
5
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyChase DeLauter — buy.conf 0.64
BuyShohei Ohtani — buy.conf 0.79
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