MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 11, 2026
Portrait of Dansby Swanson
Dansby Swanson
CHC · SS
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Portrait of Otto Lopez
Otto Lopez
MIA · SS
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Dansby Swanson.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — home runs, runs, and RBI.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Dansby Swanson wins 3 categories (HR, R, RBI); Otto Lopez 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
Dansby Swanson
89.5
Otto Lopez
89.1
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Dansby Swanson
41.1%
Otto Lopez
40.8%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Dansby Swanson
7.6%
Otto Lopez
6.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Dansby Swanson
26.3%
Otto Lopez
31.4%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Dansby Swanson
14.4%
Otto Lopez
8.8%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Dansby Swanson
.306
Otto Lopez
.326
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
Dansby Swanson
.200.390
lg AVG .295
now .183
.197
Otto Lopez
.200.390
lg AVG .295
now .333
.279

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Dansby Swanson
59.80
now 7
1
Otto Lopez
59.80
now 4
0
Runshigher is better
Dansby Swanson
2045.60
now 34
6
Otto Lopez
2045.60
now 33
5
RBIhigher is better
Dansby Swanson
2036.20
now 27
5
Otto Lopez
2036.20
now 24
4
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Dansby Swanson
.00013.60
now 5
1
Otto Lopez
.00013.60
now 10
2
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans sellDansby Swanson — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · leans buyOtto Lopez — hold.conf 0.60
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