MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 20, 2026
Portrait of Joey Ortiz
Joey Ortiz
MIL · SS
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Portrait of Ryan Kreidler
Ryan Kreidler
MIN · SS
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Ryan Kreidler.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — home runs, runs, and RBI. Joey Ortiz’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Ryan Kreidler wins 3 categories (HR, R, RBI); Joey Ortiz 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
87.7
Ryan Kreidler
87.4
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Joey Ortiz
33.9%
Ryan Kreidler
34.6%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Joey Ortiz
3.8%
Ryan Kreidler
7.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Joey Ortiz
30.2%
Ryan Kreidler
25.6%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Joey Ortiz
8.3%
Ryan Kreidler
15.5%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Joey Ortiz
.299
Ryan Kreidler
.294
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
.200.280
lg AVG .295
now .193
.230
Ryan Kreidler
.200.280
lg AVG .295
now .255
.187

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Joey Ortiz
54.20
now 1
2
Ryan Kreidler
54.20
now 3
3
Runshigher is better
Joey Ortiz
2029.60
now 15
16
Ryan Kreidler
2029.60
now 10
24
RBIhigher is better
Joey Ortiz
2027.20
now 13
14
Ryan Kreidler
2027.20
now 9
22
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Joey Ortiz
.0005.60
now 4
4
Ryan Kreidler
.0005.60
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
SellJoey Ortiz — sell.conf 0.58
Sell HighRyan Kreidler — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.63
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