MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 8, 2026
Portrait of Dominic Smith
Dominic Smith
ATL · DH
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Portrait of Matt Olson
Matt Olson
ATL · 1B
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Matt Olson.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Matt Olson wins 4 categories (HR, R, RBI, SB); Dominic Smith wins 0 (none); 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
87.9
Matt Olson
92.6
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Dominic Smith
34.0%
Matt Olson
50.6%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Dominic Smith
5.7%
Matt Olson
15.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Dominic Smith
31.1%
Matt Olson
27.1%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Dominic Smith
9.8%
Matt Olson
11.2%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Dominic Smith
.311
Matt Olson
.366
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
.200.360
lg AVG .295
now .325
.234
Matt Olson
.200.360
lg AVG .295
now .261
.233

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Dominic Smith
521.60
now 5
2
Matt Olson
521.60
now 16
5
Runshigher is better
Dominic Smith
2050.60
now 21
17
Matt Olson
2050.60
now 41
21
RBIhigher is better
Dominic Smith
2055
now 25
20
Matt Olson
2055
now 45
23
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Dominic Smith
.0002.20
now 0
0
Matt Olson
.0002.20
now 1
1
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyDominic Smith — hold.conf 0.60
BuyMatt Olson — buy.conf 0.70
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