MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 9, 2026
Portrait of Dominic Smith
Dominic Smith
ATL · DH
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Portrait of Jorge Soler
Jorge Soler
LAA · 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. Jorge Soler’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Dominic Smith wins 3 categories (R, RBI, AVG); Jorge Soler 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
87.6
Jorge Soler
88.3
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Dominic Smith
35.0%
Jorge Soler
41.1%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Dominic Smith
6.2%
Jorge Soler
11.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Dominic Smith
32.3%
Jorge Soler
26.9%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Dominic Smith
10.3%
Jorge Soler
16.5%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Dominic Smith
.314
Jorge Soler
.304
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
.200.380
lg AVG .295
now .325
.246
Jorge Soler
.200.380
lg AVG .295
now .221
.200

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Dominic Smith
511.40
now 5
3
Jorge Soler
511.40
now 9
7
Runshigher is better
Dominic Smith
2031.20
now 21
28
Jorge Soler
2031.20
now 27
26
RBIhigher is better
Dominic Smith
21.4037.60
now 25
34
Jorge Soler
21.4037.60
now 33
31
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Dominic Smith
.0001.20
now 0
0
Jorge Soler
.0001.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyDominic Smith — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · leans sellJorge Soler — hold.conf 0.60
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