MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 18, 2026
Portrait of Juan Soto
Juan Soto
NYM · LF
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Portrait of Shohei Ohtani
Shohei Ohtani
LAD · TWP
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Shohei Ohtani.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Shohei Ohtani wins 3 categories (HR, R, AVG); Juan Soto wins 1 (RBI); 1 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Juan Soto
92.6
Shohei Ohtani
93.6
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Juan Soto
48.7%
Shohei Ohtani
52.4%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Juan Soto
14.8%
Shohei Ohtani
17.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Juan Soto
19.9%
Shohei Ohtani
29.1%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Juan Soto
7.6%
Shohei Ohtani
12.7%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Juan Soto
.432
Shohei Ohtani
.416
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
.260.310
lg AVG .295
now .297
.274
Shohei Ohtani
.260.310
lg AVG .295
now .289
.287

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Juan Soto
615
now 13
8
Shohei Ohtani
615
now 10
10
Runshigher is better
Juan Soto
22.6042.40
now 27
27
Shohei Ohtani
22.6042.40
now 38
29
RBIhigher is better
Juan Soto
20.8034.20
now 29
29
Shohei Ohtani
20.8034.20
now 31
24
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Juan Soto
3.807.20
now 5
5
Shohei Ohtani
3.807.20
now 6
5
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyJuan Soto — buy.conf 0.83
BuyShohei Ohtani — buy.conf 0.80
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