MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 5, 2026
Francisco Lindor
NYM · SS
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Portrait of Joey Ortiz
Joey Ortiz
MIL · SS
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Francisco Lindor.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Francisco Lindor wins 3 categories (HR, R, AVG); Joey Ortiz wins 2 (RBI, SB).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Francisco Lindor
91.8
Joey Ortiz
87.9
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Francisco Lindor
49.4%
Joey Ortiz
34.5%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Francisco Lindor
9.9%
Joey Ortiz
3.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Francisco Lindor
27.6%
Joey Ortiz
30.8%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Francisco Lindor
10.9%
Joey Ortiz
8.1%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Francisco Lindor
.356
Joey Ortiz
.298
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
Francisco Lindor
.200.280
lg AVG .295
now .226
.253
Joey Ortiz
.200.280
lg AVG .295
now .193
.233

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Francisco Lindor
54.20
now 2
3
Joey Ortiz
54.20
now 1
1
Runshigher is better
Francisco Lindor
2019.20
now 14
16
Joey Ortiz
2019.20
now 15
12
RBIhigher is better
Francisco Lindor
2016.20
now 5
6
Joey Ortiz
2016.20
now 13
11
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Francisco Lindor
.8005.20
now 2
2
Joey Ortiz
.8005.20
now 4
3
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyFrancisco Lindor — buy.conf 0.68
SellJoey Ortiz — sell.conf 0.58
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