MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Dominic Smith
Dominic Smith
ATL · DH
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Royce Lewis
MIN · 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); Royce Lewis wins 2 (HR, SB).

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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
Royce Lewis
89.9
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Dominic Smith
32.6%
Royce Lewis
40.8%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Dominic Smith
5.4%
Royce Lewis
11.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Dominic Smith
31.5%
Royce Lewis
33.5%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Dominic Smith
10.3%
Royce Lewis
16.4%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Dominic Smith
.299
Royce Lewis
.313
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
.200.390
lg AVG .295
now .325
.223
Royce Lewis
.200.390
lg AVG .295
now .159
.214

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Dominic Smith
57
now 5
0
Royce Lewis
57
now 3
1
Runshigher is better
Dominic Smith
2028.20
now 21
6
Royce Lewis
2028.20
now 11
3
RBIhigher is better
Dominic Smith
2033.40
now 25
7
Royce Lewis
2033.40
now 13
4
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Dominic Smith
.0004.20
now 0
0
Royce Lewis
.0004.20
now 3
1
If you already own them — trade angle
SellDominic Smith — sell.conf 0.58
Hold · steadyRoyce Lewis — hold.conf 0.60
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