MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Portrait of Andrew Vaughn
Andrew Vaughn
MIL · 1B
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Portrait of Nathaniel Lowe
Nathaniel Lowe
CIN · DH
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22, 1 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Andrew Vaughn wins 2 (R, AVG); Nathaniel Lowe wins 2 (HR, RBI); 1 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Andrew Vaughn
90.2
Nathaniel Lowe
89.0
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Andrew Vaughn
41.5%
Nathaniel Lowe
40.3%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Andrew Vaughn
5.4%
Nathaniel Lowe
10.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Andrew Vaughn
22.3%
Nathaniel Lowe
27.3%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Andrew Vaughn
7.2%
Nathaniel Lowe
9.8%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Andrew Vaughn
.342
Nathaniel Lowe
.351
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
Andrew Vaughn
.200.400
lg AVG .295
now .354
.284
Nathaniel Lowe
.200.400
lg AVG .295
now .258
.229

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Andrew Vaughn
512.20
now 1
2
Nathaniel Lowe
512.20
now 9
3
Runshigher is better
Andrew Vaughn
2020.20
now 10
17
Nathaniel Lowe
2020.20
now 16
15
RBIhigher is better
Andrew Vaughn
2031
now 10
17
Nathaniel Lowe
2031
now 25
24
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Andrew Vaughn
.0001.20
now 0
0
Nathaniel Lowe
.0001.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighAndrew Vaughn — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.74
BuyNathaniel Lowe — buy.conf 0.67
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