MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 20, 2026
Portrait of Dansby Swanson
Dansby Swanson
CHC · SS
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Portrait of Xander Bogaerts
Xander Bogaerts
SD · 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. Xander Bogaerts’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Dansby Swanson wins 3 categories (HR, R, RBI); Xander Bogaerts 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
89.8
Xander Bogaerts
88.0
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Dansby Swanson
42.5%
Xander Bogaerts
39.1%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Dansby Swanson
7.5%
Xander Bogaerts
6.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Dansby Swanson
26.6%
Xander Bogaerts
24.8%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Dansby Swanson
14.3%
Xander Bogaerts
9.7%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Dansby Swanson
.299
Xander Bogaerts
.314
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
.200.270
lg AVG .295
now .183
.194
Xander Bogaerts
.200.270
lg AVG .295
now .243
.219

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Dansby Swanson
510
now 7
4
Xander Bogaerts
510
now 8
3
Runshigher is better
Dansby Swanson
2039.60
now 34
27
Xander Bogaerts
2039.60
now 25
20
RBIhigher is better
Dansby Swanson
2030.20
now 27
22
Xander Bogaerts
2030.20
now 26
21
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Dansby Swanson
211
now 5
4
Xander Bogaerts
211
now 9
7
If you already own them — trade angle
SellDansby Swanson — sell.conf 0.58
Hold · steadyXander Bogaerts — hold.conf 0.60
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