MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Ezequiel Tovar
Ezequiel Tovar
COL · SS
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Portrait of Xander Bogaerts
Xander Bogaerts
SD · SS
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Xander Bogaerts.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Xander Bogaerts wins 4 categories (R, RBI, SB, AVG); Ezequiel Tovar wins 1 (HR).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Ezequiel Tovar
87.4
Xander Bogaerts
89.3
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Ezequiel Tovar
33.2%
Xander Bogaerts
41.2%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Ezequiel Tovar
6.4%
Xander Bogaerts
5.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Ezequiel Tovar
44.4%
Xander Bogaerts
23.0%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Ezequiel Tovar
17.9%
Xander Bogaerts
9.7%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Ezequiel Tovar
.275
Xander Bogaerts
.321
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
Ezequiel Tovar
.200.260
lg AVG .295
now .216
.206
Xander Bogaerts
.200.260
lg AVG .295
now .243
.215

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Ezequiel Tovar
511.20
now 4
1
Xander Bogaerts
511.20
now 8
0
Runshigher is better
Ezequiel Tovar
2033.80
now 17
3
Xander Bogaerts
2033.80
now 25
5
RBIhigher is better
Ezequiel Tovar
2034.80
now 20
4
Xander Bogaerts
2034.80
now 26
5
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Ezequiel Tovar
.00012.20
now 4
1
Xander Bogaerts
.00012.20
now 9
2
If you already own them — trade angle
SellEzequiel Tovar — sell.conf 0.63
Buy LowXander Bogaerts — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.66
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