MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 8, 2026
Portrait of Harrison Bader
Harrison Bader
SF · CF
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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, steals, and average.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Shohei Ohtani wins 5 categories (HR, R, RBI, SB, AVG); Harrison Bader wins 0 (none).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Harrison Bader
89.2
Shohei Ohtani
93.5
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Harrison Bader
41.1%
Shohei Ohtani
52.8%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Harrison Bader
8.2%
Shohei Ohtani
16.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Harrison Bader
38.7%
Shohei Ohtani
30.4%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Harrison Bader
17.1%
Shohei Ohtani
14.1%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Harrison Bader
.272
Shohei Ohtani
.413
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
Harrison Bader
.200.340
lg AVG .295
now .170
.183
Shohei Ohtani
.200.340
lg AVG .295
now .289
.285

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Harrison Bader
513.20
now 5
2
Shohei Ohtani
513.20
now 10
6
Runshigher is better
Harrison Bader
2049.20
now 10
10
Shohei Ohtani
2049.20
now 38
20
RBIhigher is better
Harrison Bader
2037.80
now 14
14
Shohei Ohtani
2037.80
now 31
16
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Harrison Bader
.0008.40
now 0
0
Shohei Ohtani
.0008.40
now 6
3
If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowHarrison Bader — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.67
BuyShohei Ohtani — buy.conf 0.80
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