MLB Daily DeltaWeek 14 · June 28, 2026
Portrait of Juan Soto
Juan Soto
NYM · LF
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Lars Nootbaar
STL · LF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Juan Soto.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Juan Soto wins 3 categories (HR, SB, AVG); Lars Nootbaar wins 2 (R, RBI).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Juan Soto
93.3
Lars Nootbaar
94.0
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Juan Soto
50.0%
Lars Nootbaar
55.3%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Juan Soto
14.4%
Lars Nootbaar
12.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Juan Soto
20.7%
Lars Nootbaar
17.8%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Juan Soto
7.9%
Lars Nootbaar
6.4%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Juan Soto
.421
Lars Nootbaar
.396
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
Juan Soto
.200.480
lg AVG .295
now .297
.277
Lars Nootbaar
.200.480
lg AVG .295
now .429
.232

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Juan Soto
517.80
now 13
12
Lars Nootbaar
517.80
now 1
6
Runshigher is better
Juan Soto
2065
now 27
36
Lars Nootbaar
2065
now 2
47
RBIhigher is better
Juan Soto
2096.80
now 29
39
Lars Nootbaar
2096.80
now 3
70
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Juan Soto
.0009.80
now 5
7
Lars Nootbaar
.0009.80
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyJuan Soto — buy.conf 0.81
Hold · wait & seeLars Nootbaar — hold.conf 0.50
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