MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 1, 2026
Esmerlyn Valdez
PIT · RF
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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); Esmerlyn Valdez wins 1 (RBI).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Esmerlyn Valdez
92.4
Shohei Ohtani
93.7
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Esmerlyn Valdez
51.2%
Shohei Ohtani
53.7%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Esmerlyn Valdez
25.6%
Shohei Ohtani
16.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Esmerlyn Valdez
22.9%
Shohei Ohtani
29.7%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Esmerlyn Valdez
17.4%
Shohei Ohtani
13.8%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Esmerlyn Valdez
.367
Shohei Ohtani
.411
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
Esmerlyn Valdez
.200.360
lg AVG .295
now .111
.179
Shohei Ohtani
.200.360
lg AVG .295
now .289
.283

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Esmerlyn Valdez
513.20
now 2
6
Shohei Ohtani
513.20
now 10
7
Runshigher is better
Esmerlyn Valdez
2052.40
now 2
11
Shohei Ohtani
2052.40
now 38
23
RBIhigher is better
Esmerlyn Valdez
2041.40
now 5
27
Shohei Ohtani
2041.40
now 31
19
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Esmerlyn Valdez
.0008.40
now 0
0
Shohei Ohtani
.0008.40
now 6
4
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighEsmerlyn Valdez — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.71
BuyShohei Ohtani — buy.conf 0.79
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