MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Dominic Smith
Dominic Smith
ATL · DH
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Portrait of Joc Pederson
Joc Pederson
TEX · DH
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Dominic Smith.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Dominic Smith wins 3 categories (R, RBI, AVG); Joc Pederson wins 1 (HR); 1 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Dominic Smith
87.8
Joc Pederson
92.2
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Dominic Smith
32.6%
Joc Pederson
50.8%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Dominic Smith
5.4%
Joc Pederson
11.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Dominic Smith
31.5%
Joc Pederson
29.9%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Dominic Smith
10.3%
Joc Pederson
14.1%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Dominic Smith
.299
Joc Pederson
.342
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
Dominic Smith
.200.370
lg AVG .295
now .325
.223
Joc Pederson
.200.370
lg AVG .295
now .240
.206

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Dominic Smith
511.20
now 5
0
Joc Pederson
511.20
now 8
1
Runshigher is better
Dominic Smith
2030.20
now 21
6
Joc Pederson
2030.20
now 23
5
RBIhigher is better
Dominic Smith
2033.40
now 25
7
Joc Pederson
2033.40
now 19
4
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Dominic Smith
.0001.20
now 0
0
Joc Pederson
.0001.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
SellDominic Smith — sell.conf 0.58
BuyJoc Pederson — buy.conf 0.65
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