MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 18, 2026
Portrait of Jonathan Aranda
Jonathan Aranda
TB · 1B
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Portrait of Matt Olson
Matt Olson
ATL · 1B
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Matt Olson.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Matt Olson wins 3 categories (HR, R, SB); Jonathan Aranda wins 1 (AVG); 1 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Jonathan Aranda
91.1
Matt Olson
92.9
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Jonathan Aranda
45.3%
Matt Olson
51.6%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Jonathan Aranda
10.4%
Matt Olson
13.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Jonathan Aranda
27.9%
Matt Olson
27.1%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Jonathan Aranda
9.9%
Matt Olson
11.0%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Jonathan Aranda
.372
Matt Olson
.358
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
Jonathan Aranda
.210.300
lg AVG .295
now .283
.255
Matt Olson
.210.300
lg AVG .295
now .261
.233

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Jonathan Aranda
520
now 11
6
Matt Olson
520
now 16
8
Runshigher is better
Jonathan Aranda
21.4046.60
now 34
27
Matt Olson
21.4046.60
now 41
31
RBIhigher is better
Jonathan Aranda
29.6049.40
now 43
34
Matt Olson
29.6049.40
now 45
34
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Jonathan Aranda
.0002.20
now 0
0
Matt Olson
.0002.20
now 1
1
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyJonathan Aranda — buy.conf 0.71
BuyMatt Olson — buy.conf 0.69
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