MLB Daily DeltaWeek 13 · June 23, 2026
Portrait of Drew Romo
Drew Romo
CWS · C
Change to
Portrait of Nick Fortes
Nick Fortes
TB · C
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Drew Romo.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — home runs, runs, RBI, and steals. Nick Fortes’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Drew Romo wins 4 categories (HR, R, RBI, SB); Nick Fortes wins 1 (AVG).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Drew Romo
84.8
Nick Fortes
86.3
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Drew Romo
30.3%
Nick Fortes
38.8%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Drew Romo
9.1%
Nick Fortes
1.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Drew Romo
32.7%
Nick Fortes
38.3%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Drew Romo
15.2%
Nick Fortes
7.7%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Drew Romo
.272
Nick Fortes
.276
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
05

The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · batting average
AVGhigher is better
Drew Romo
.200.280
lg AVG .295
now .177
.188
Nick Fortes
.200.280
lg AVG .295
now .250
.245

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Drew Romo
58
now 5
6
Nick Fortes
58
now 1
2
Runshigher is better
Drew Romo
2029
now 8
23
Nick Fortes
2029
now 11
18
RBIhigher is better
Drew Romo
2036.60
now 10
29
Nick Fortes
2036.60
now 13
21
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Drew Romo
.0004.20
now 1
3
Nick Fortes
.0004.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeDrew Romo — hold.conf 0.50
SellNick Fortes — sell.conf 0.63
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