MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 11, 2026
Portrait of Colby Thomas
Colby Thomas
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); Colby Thomas wins 0 (none).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Colby Thomas
90.4
Shohei Ohtani
93.5
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Colby Thomas
36.4%
Shohei Ohtani
52.1%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Colby Thomas
10.6%
Shohei Ohtani
16.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Colby Thomas
42.4%
Shohei Ohtani
28.6%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Colby Thomas
19.3%
Shohei Ohtani
12.5%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Colby Thomas
.263
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
Colby Thomas
.200.320
lg AVG .295
now .268
.200
Shohei Ohtani
.200.320
lg AVG .295
now .289
.285

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Colby Thomas
516.40
now 1
5
Shohei Ohtani
516.40
now 10
12
Runshigher is better
Colby Thomas
2051.20
now 5
16
Shohei Ohtani
2051.20
now 38
33
RBIhigher is better
Colby Thomas
2041.40
now 5
16
Shohei Ohtani
2041.40
now 31
27
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Colby Thomas
.0008.40
now 0
0
Shohei Ohtani
.0008.40
now 6
5
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeColby Thomas — hold.conf 0.50
BuyShohei Ohtani — buy.conf 0.79
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