MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 16, 2026
Portrait of Joey Ortiz
Joey Ortiz
MIL · SS
Change to
Portrait of Luisangel Acuña
Luisangel Acuña
CWS · SS
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Joey Ortiz.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Joey Ortiz wins 3 categories (HR, R, RBI); Luisangel Acuña 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
Joey Ortiz
87.6
Luisangel Acuña
89.8
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Joey Ortiz
33.1%
Luisangel Acuña
39.5%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Joey Ortiz
3.9%
Luisangel Acuña
4.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Joey Ortiz
30.5%
Luisangel Acuña
34.2%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Joey Ortiz
8.3%
Luisangel Acuña
12.3%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Joey Ortiz
.295
Luisangel Acuña
.283
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
Joey Ortiz
.200.290
lg AVG .295
now .193
.229
Luisangel Acuña
.200.290
lg AVG .295
now .165
.257

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Joey Ortiz
53.20
now 1
2
Luisangel Acuña
53.20
now 0
1
Runshigher is better
Joey Ortiz
2021.20
now 15
18
Luisangel Acuña
2021.20
now 10
14
RBIhigher is better
Joey Ortiz
2019
now 13
15
Luisangel Acuña
2019
now 5
7
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Joey Ortiz
1.2013.80
now 4
5
Luisangel Acuña
1.2013.80
now 8
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If you already own them — trade angle
SellJoey Ortiz — sell.conf 0.59
SellLuisangel Acuña — sell.conf 0.61
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