MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 1, 2026
Portrait of Esteury Ruiz
Esteury Ruiz
MIA · 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, RBI, and average.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

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

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Esteury Ruiz
86.5
Shohei Ohtani
93.7
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Esteury Ruiz
31.2%
Shohei Ohtani
53.7%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Esteury Ruiz
9.1%
Shohei Ohtani
16.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Esteury Ruiz
33.1%
Shohei Ohtani
29.7%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Esteury Ruiz
15.7%
Shohei Ohtani
13.8%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Esteury Ruiz
.314
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
Esteury Ruiz
.200.330
lg AVG .295
now .178
.186
Shohei Ohtani
.200.330
lg AVG .295
now .289
.283

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Esteury Ruiz
513.60
now 2
1
Shohei Ohtani
513.60
now 10
7
Runshigher is better
Esteury Ruiz
2048.80
now 11
22
Shohei Ohtani
2048.80
now 38
23
RBIhigher is better
Esteury Ruiz
2041.40
now 5
10
Shohei Ohtani
2041.40
now 31
19
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Esteury Ruiz
.00020.80
now 8
16
Shohei Ohtani
.00020.80
now 6
4
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighEsteury Ruiz — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.68
BuyShohei Ohtani — buy.conf 0.79
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