MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of James Wood
James Wood
WSH · RF
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Portrait of Shohei Ohtani
Shohei Ohtani
LAD · TWP
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

James Wood.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — home runs, runs, RBI, and steals.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

James Wood wins 4 categories (HR, R, RBI, SB); Shohei Ohtani wins 1 (AVG).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
James Wood
95.3
Shohei Ohtani
93.2
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
James Wood
58.4%
Shohei Ohtani
51.5%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
James Wood
20.7%
Shohei Ohtani
15.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
James Wood
21.9%
Shohei Ohtani
30.0%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
James Wood
11.5%
Shohei Ohtani
14.7%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
James Wood
.416
Shohei Ohtani
.399
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
James Wood
.220.310
lg AVG .295
now .272
.239
Shohei Ohtani
.220.310
lg AVG .295
now .289
.266

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
James Wood
522
now 16
2
Shohei Ohtani
522
now 10
1
Runshigher is better
James Wood
2071.40
now 53
9
Shohei Ohtani
2071.40
now 38
7
RBIhigher is better
James Wood
2052.60
now 39
6
Shohei Ohtani
2052.60
now 31
5
Stolen Baseshigher is better
James Wood
.00013.60
now 10
2
Shohei Ohtani
.00013.60
now 6
1
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyJames Wood — buy.conf 0.80
BuyShohei Ohtani — buy.conf 0.77
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