MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Brandon Lockridge
MIL · LF
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Portrait of James Wood
James Wood
WSH · RF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

James Wood.

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

James Wood wins 4 categories (HR, R, RBI, AVG); Brandon Lockridge wins 1 (SB).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Brandon Lockridge
86.2
James Wood
95.2
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Brandon Lockridge
32.8%
James Wood
59.0%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Brandon Lockridge
1.6%
James Wood
22.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Brandon Lockridge
29.8%
James Wood
22.4%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Brandon Lockridge
12.1%
James Wood
12.0%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Brandon Lockridge
.276
James Wood
.425
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
Brandon Lockridge
.210.320
lg AVG .295
now .294
.233
James Wood
.210.320
lg AVG .295
now .272
.251

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Brandon Lockridge
522.40
now 0
1
James Wood
522.40
now 16
8
Runshigher is better
Brandon Lockridge
2070.60
now 9
12
James Wood
2070.60
now 53
32
RBIhigher is better
Brandon Lockridge
2049.80
now 12
16
James Wood
2049.80
now 39
24
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Brandon Lockridge
312
now 5
7
James Wood
312
now 10
6
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighBrandon Lockridge — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.67
BuyJames Wood — buy.conf 0.82
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