MLB Daily DeltaWeek 14 · June 28, 2026
Portrait of Curtis Mead
Curtis Mead
WSH · 3B
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Portrait of Kazuma Okamoto
Kazuma Okamoto
TOR · 3B
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Curtis Mead.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Curtis Mead wins 4 categories (R, RBI, SB, AVG); Kazuma Okamoto wins 1 (HR).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Curtis Mead
88.4
Kazuma Okamoto
92.2
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Curtis Mead
42.4%
Kazuma Okamoto
50.0%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Curtis Mead
11.5%
Kazuma Okamoto
14.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Curtis Mead
25.6%
Kazuma Okamoto
25.3%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Curtis Mead
7.1%
Kazuma Okamoto
15.1%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Curtis Mead
.364
Kazuma Okamoto
.336
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
Curtis Mead
.200.260
lg AVG .295
now .250
.223
Kazuma Okamoto
.200.260
lg AVG .295
now .214
.213

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Curtis Mead
514.80
now 8
5
Kazuma Okamoto
514.80
now 12
11
Runshigher is better
Curtis Mead
21.6041.40
now 26
37
Kazuma Okamoto
21.6041.40
now 28
31
RBIhigher is better
Curtis Mead
21.6041.40
now 26
37
Kazuma Okamoto
21.6041.40
now 33
36
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Curtis Mead
.0005.60
now 3
4
Kazuma Okamoto
.0005.60
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyCurtis Mead — buy.conf 0.70
BuyKazuma Okamoto — buy.conf 0.64
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