MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Jake McCarthy
Jake McCarthy
COL · 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, and average.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Shohei Ohtani wins 3 categories (HR, R, AVG); Jake McCarthy 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
Jake McCarthy
85.0
Shohei Ohtani
93.5
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Jake McCarthy
25.5%
Shohei Ohtani
52.4%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Jake McCarthy
6.0%
Shohei Ohtani
17.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Jake McCarthy
34.8%
Shohei Ohtani
29.2%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Jake McCarthy
12.4%
Shohei Ohtani
12.7%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Jake McCarthy
.314
Shohei Ohtani
.415
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
Jake McCarthy
.240.300
lg AVG .295
now .288
.253
Shohei Ohtani
.240.300
lg AVG .295
now .289
.284

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Jake McCarthy
513.20
now 4
2
Shohei Ohtani
513.20
now 10
10
Runshigher is better
Jake McCarthy
2045.20
now 20
20
Shohei Ohtani
2045.20
now 38
29
RBIhigher is better
Jake McCarthy
20.8034.20
now 25
25
Shohei Ohtani
20.8034.20
now 31
24
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Jake McCarthy
312
now 10
10
Shohei Ohtani
312
now 6
5
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighJake McCarthy — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.79
BuyShohei Ohtani — buy.conf 0.80
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