MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 3, 2026
Portrait of Joey Ortiz
Joey Ortiz
MIL · SS
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Trevor Story
BOS · SS
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Trevor Story.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Trevor Story wins 2 categories (HR, RBI); Joey Ortiz wins 1 (AVG); 2 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Joey Ortiz
88.1
Trevor Story
88.9
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Joey Ortiz
34.7%
Trevor Story
41.8%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Joey Ortiz
4.0%
Trevor Story
3.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Joey Ortiz
30.7%
Trevor Story
44.0%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Joey Ortiz
8.2%
Trevor Story
17.6%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Joey Ortiz
.299
Trevor Story
.248
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
.200.250
lg AVG .295
now .193
.231
Trevor Story
.200.250
lg AVG .295
now .206
.203

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Joey Ortiz
54.20
now 1
1
Trevor Story
54.20
now 3
2
Runshigher is better
Joey Ortiz
2019.20
now 15
13
Trevor Story
2019.20
now 16
13
RBIhigher is better
Joey Ortiz
2022.20
now 13
11
Trevor Story
2022.20
now 19
15
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Joey Ortiz
1.805.20
now 4
3
Trevor Story
1.805.20
now 4
3
If you already own them — trade angle
SellJoey Ortiz — sell.conf 0.58
SellTrevor Story — sell.conf 0.68
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