MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Gavin Sheets
Gavin Sheets
SD · 1B
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Portrait of Josh Naylor
Josh Naylor
SEA · 1B
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Gavin Sheets.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Gavin Sheets wins 3 categories (HR, R, RBI); Josh Naylor wins 2 (SB, AVG).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Gavin Sheets
87.4
Josh Naylor
87.1
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Gavin Sheets
38.7%
Josh Naylor
35.3%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Gavin Sheets
6.9%
Josh Naylor
4.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Gavin Sheets
31.0%
Josh Naylor
38.0%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Gavin Sheets
9.1%
Josh Naylor
9.1%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Gavin Sheets
.317
Josh Naylor
.315
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
Gavin Sheets
.200.290
lg AVG .295
now .245
.188
Josh Naylor
.200.290
lg AVG .295
now .254
.258

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Gavin Sheets
512.60
now 9
1
Josh Naylor
512.60
now 6
0
Runshigher is better
Gavin Sheets
2029.20
now 22
5
Josh Naylor
2029.20
now 21
4
RBIhigher is better
Gavin Sheets
2033.40
now 23
5
Josh Naylor
2033.40
now 25
4
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Gavin Sheets
.00016.40
now 3
1
Josh Naylor
.00016.40
now 12
2
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyGavin Sheets — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · steadyJosh Naylor — hold.conf 0.60
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