MLB Daily DeltaWeek 14 · July 1, 2026
Portrait of Colt Emerson
Colt Emerson
SEA · SS
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Portrait of Joey Ortiz
Joey Ortiz
MIL · SS
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Colt Emerson.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Colt Emerson wins 3 categories (HR, R, RBI); Joey Ortiz 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
Colt Emerson
87.2
Joey Ortiz
87.6
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Colt Emerson
31.5%
Joey Ortiz
32.4%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Colt Emerson
6.8%
Joey Ortiz
3.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Colt Emerson
35.8%
Joey Ortiz
31.2%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Colt Emerson
16.4%
Joey Ortiz
8.3%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Colt Emerson
.244
Joey Ortiz
.291
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
Colt Emerson
.200.280
lg AVG .295
now .250
.176
Joey Ortiz
.200.280
lg AVG .295
now .193
.222

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Colt Emerson
55.20
now 3
4
Joey Ortiz
55.20
now 1
2
Runshigher is better
Colt Emerson
2033.60
now 7
26
Joey Ortiz
2033.60
now 15
22
RBIhigher is better
Colt Emerson
2037.40
now 8
29
Joey Ortiz
2037.40
now 13
19
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Colt Emerson
.0008.40
now 0
0
Joey Ortiz
.0008.40
now 4
6
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeColt Emerson — hold.conf 0.50
SellJoey Ortiz — sell.conf 0.60
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