MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Dominic Smith
Dominic Smith
ATL · DH
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Nolan Schanuel
LAA · 1B
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Dominic Smith.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Dominic Smith wins 2 categories (R, RBI); Nolan Schanuel wins 1 (AVG); 2 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
Nolan Schanuel
87.4
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Dominic Smith
32.6%
Nolan Schanuel
32.9%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Dominic Smith
5.4%
Nolan Schanuel
2.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Dominic Smith
31.5%
Nolan Schanuel
27.2%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Dominic Smith
10.3%
Nolan Schanuel
7.3%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Dominic Smith
.299
Nolan Schanuel
.334
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
Nolan Schanuel
.200.370
lg AVG .295
now .259
.265

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Dominic Smith
57
now 5
0
Nolan Schanuel
57
now 4
0
Runshigher is better
Dominic Smith
2027.80
now 21
6
Nolan Schanuel
2027.80
now 18
4
RBIhigher is better
Dominic Smith
2033
now 25
7
Nolan Schanuel
2033
now 24
5
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Dominic Smith
.0001.20
now 0
0
Nolan Schanuel
.0001.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
SellDominic Smith — sell.conf 0.58
Hold · leans buyNolan Schanuel — hold.conf 0.60
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