MLB Daily DeltaWeek 13 · June 19, 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

Joey Ortiz.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Joey Ortiz wins 3 categories (R, SB, AVG); Trevor Story wins 2 (HR, RBI).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Joey Ortiz
87.3
Trevor Story
88.9
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Joey Ortiz
33.3%
Trevor Story
41.8%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Joey Ortiz
3.3%
Trevor Story
3.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Joey Ortiz
31.3%
Trevor Story
44.0%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Joey Ortiz
7.6%
Trevor Story
17.6%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Joey Ortiz
.297
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
.200.240
lg AVG .295
now .193
.223
Trevor Story
.200.240
lg AVG .295
now .206
.207

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Joey Ortiz
56.60
now 1
3
Trevor Story
56.60
now 3
5
Runshigher is better
Joey Ortiz
2030.40
now 15
26
Trevor Story
2030.40
now 16
25
RBIhigher is better
Joey Ortiz
2036.80
now 13
22
Trevor Story
2036.80
now 19
30
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Joey Ortiz
2.808.20
now 4
7
Trevor Story
2.808.20
now 4
6
If you already own them — trade angle
SellJoey Ortiz — sell.conf 0.59
SellTrevor Story — sell.conf 0.68
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