MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 20, 2026
Portrait of Blake Dunn
Blake Dunn
CIN · CF
Change to
Portrait of Kyle Isbel
Kyle Isbel
KC · CF
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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

Blake Dunn wins 2 (R, AVG); Kyle Isbel wins 2 (RBI, SB); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Blake Dunn
89.2
Kyle Isbel
88.6
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Blake Dunn
30.3%
Kyle Isbel
34.1%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Blake Dunn
2.7%
Kyle Isbel
3.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Blake Dunn
28.7%
Kyle Isbel
33.5%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Blake Dunn
10.9%
Kyle Isbel
9.1%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Blake Dunn
.278
Kyle Isbel
.275
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
Blake Dunn
.210.290
lg AVG .295
now .269
.236
Kyle Isbel
.210.290
lg AVG .295
now .243
.225

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Blake Dunn
54.20
now 1
1
Kyle Isbel
54.20
now 3
1
Runshigher is better
Blake Dunn
2024
now 10
20
Kyle Isbel
2024
now 15
15
RBIhigher is better
Blake Dunn
2014.60
now 2
4
Kyle Isbel
2014.60
now 11
11
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Blake Dunn
.8006.20
now 2
4
Kyle Isbel
.8006.20
now 5
5
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighBlake Dunn — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.66
SellKyle Isbel — sell.conf 0.63
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