MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 8, 2026
Portrait of Gavin Sheets
Gavin Sheets
SD · 1B
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Portrait of Matt Olson
Matt Olson
ATL · 1B
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Matt Olson.

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

Matt Olson wins 4 categories (HR, R, RBI, AVG); Gavin Sheets wins 1 (SB).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Gavin Sheets
87.7
Matt Olson
92.6
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Gavin Sheets
39.8%
Matt Olson
50.6%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Gavin Sheets
6.9%
Matt Olson
15.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Gavin Sheets
30.9%
Matt Olson
27.1%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Gavin Sheets
8.6%
Matt Olson
11.2%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Gavin Sheets
.317
Matt Olson
.366
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
.194
Matt Olson
.200.290
lg AVG .295
now .261
.233

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Gavin Sheets
521.60
now 9
2
Matt Olson
521.60
now 16
5
Runshigher is better
Gavin Sheets
2051.80
now 22
14
Matt Olson
2051.80
now 41
21
RBIhigher is better
Gavin Sheets
2057
now 23
15
Matt Olson
2057
now 45
23
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Gavin Sheets
.0004.20
now 3
2
Matt Olson
.0004.20
now 1
1
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyGavin Sheets — hold.conf 0.60
BuyMatt Olson — buy.conf 0.70
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