MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 1, 2026
Portrait of Ronald Acuña Jr.
Ronald Acuña Jr.
ATL · RF
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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, RBI, and average.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Shohei Ohtani wins 4 categories (HR, R, RBI, AVG); Ronald Acuña Jr. wins 1 (SB).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Ronald Acuña Jr.
90.4
Shohei Ohtani
93.7
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Ronald Acuña Jr.
44.2%
Shohei Ohtani
53.7%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Ronald Acuña Jr.
14.3%
Shohei Ohtani
16.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Ronald Acuña Jr.
25.5%
Shohei Ohtani
29.7%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Ronald Acuña Jr.
13.5%
Shohei Ohtani
13.8%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Ronald Acuña Jr.
.379
Shohei Ohtani
.411
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
Ronald Acuña Jr.
.220.310
lg AVG .295
now .253
.240
Shohei Ohtani
.220.310
lg AVG .295
now .289
.283

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Ronald Acuña Jr.
512
now 7
5
Shohei Ohtani
512
now 10
7
Runshigher is better
Ronald Acuña Jr.
2045.20
now 27
20
Shohei Ohtani
2045.20
now 38
23
RBIhigher is better
Ronald Acuña Jr.
2037.40
now 21
15
Shohei Ohtani
2037.40
now 31
19
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Ronald Acuña Jr.
.80015.20
now 12
9
Shohei Ohtani
.80015.20
now 6
4
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyRonald Acuña Jr. — buy.conf 0.73
BuyShohei Ohtani — buy.conf 0.79
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