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

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22, 1 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Dominic Smith wins 2 (R, RBI); Tim Tawa wins 2 (HR, AVG); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Dominic Smith
87.8
Tim Tawa
90.6
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Dominic Smith
32.6%
Tim Tawa
44.7%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Dominic Smith
5.4%
Tim Tawa
10.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Dominic Smith
31.5%
Tim Tawa
32.6%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Dominic Smith
10.3%
Tim Tawa
14.0%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Dominic Smith
.299
Tim Tawa
.306
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
Tim Tawa
.200.390
lg AVG .295
now .167
.233

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Dominic Smith
57
now 5
0
Tim Tawa
57
now 1
1
Runshigher is better
Dominic Smith
2028.20
now 21
6
Tim Tawa
2028.20
now 6
3
RBIhigher is better
Dominic Smith
2033.40
now 25
7
Tim Tawa
2033.40
now 8
4
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Dominic Smith
.0001.20
now 0
0
Tim Tawa
.0001.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
SellDominic Smith — sell.conf 0.58
Hold · leans sellTim Tawa — hold.conf 0.60
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