MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 23, 2026
Portrait of Dominic Smith
Dominic Smith
ATL · DH
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Portrait of Mark Vientos
Mark Vientos
NYM · 1B
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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); Mark Vientos 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
Mark Vientos
89.5
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Dominic Smith
35.6%
Mark Vientos
43.8%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Dominic Smith
5.9%
Mark Vientos
10.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Dominic Smith
32.3%
Mark Vientos
36.6%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Dominic Smith
9.8%
Mark Vientos
17.2%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Dominic Smith
.313
Mark Vientos
.310
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
.239
Mark Vientos
.200.370
lg AVG .295
now .224
.221

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Dominic Smith
59
now 5
2
Mark Vientos
59
now 7
5
Runshigher is better
Dominic Smith
2026.20
now 21
23
Mark Vientos
2026.20
now 19
16
RBIhigher is better
Dominic Smith
2030.20
now 25
27
Mark Vientos
2030.20
now 26
22
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Dominic Smith
.0001.20
now 0
0
Mark Vientos
.0001.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyDominic Smith — hold.conf 0.60
Buy LowMark Vientos — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.66
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