MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 2, 2026
Portrait of Edmundo Sosa
Edmundo Sosa
PHI · LF
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Portrait of Shohei Ohtani
Shohei Ohtani
LAD · TWP
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Shohei Ohtani.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Shohei Ohtani wins 4 categories (HR, R, SB, AVG); Edmundo Sosa wins 1 (RBI).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Edmundo Sosa
87.6
Shohei Ohtani
93.8
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Edmundo Sosa
41.3%
Shohei Ohtani
54.0%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Edmundo Sosa
6.5%
Shohei Ohtani
16.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Edmundo Sosa
54.2%
Shohei Ohtani
29.8%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Edmundo Sosa
16.0%
Shohei Ohtani
13.8%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Edmundo Sosa
.325
Shohei Ohtani
.414
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
Edmundo Sosa
.200.320
lg AVG .295
now .211
.251
Shohei Ohtani
.200.320
lg AVG .295
now .289
.284

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Edmundo Sosa
513.20
now 3
2
Shohei Ohtani
513.20
now 10
7
Runshigher is better
Edmundo Sosa
2048.80
now 11
13
Shohei Ohtani
2048.80
now 38
23
RBIhigher is better
Edmundo Sosa
2037
now 16
19
Shohei Ohtani
2037
now 31
18
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Edmundo Sosa
.4007.60
now 2
2
Shohei Ohtani
.4007.60
now 6
4
If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowEdmundo Sosa — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.74
BuyShohei Ohtani — buy.conf 0.80
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