MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 1, 2026
Brandon Lockridge
MIL · LF
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Portrait of Taylor Ward
Taylor Ward
BAL · LF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Taylor Ward.

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

Taylor Ward wins 3 categories (HR, R, AVG); Brandon Lockridge wins 2 (RBI, 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
Taylor Ward
89.2
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Brandon Lockridge
32.8%
Taylor Ward
38.7%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Brandon Lockridge
1.6%
Taylor Ward
5.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Brandon Lockridge
29.8%
Taylor Ward
14.3%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Brandon Lockridge
12.1%
Taylor Ward
6.6%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Brandon Lockridge
.276
Taylor Ward
.345
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
Taylor Ward
.210.320
lg AVG .295
now .248
.246

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Brandon Lockridge
54.20
now 0
1
Taylor Ward
54.20
now 2
3
Runshigher is better
Brandon Lockridge
2046.80
now 9
12
Taylor Ward
2046.80
now 36
21
RBIhigher is better
Brandon Lockridge
2020.20
now 12
15
Taylor Ward
2020.20
now 17
10
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Brandon Lockridge
.0008
now 5
6
Taylor Ward
.0008
now 2
1
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighBrandon Lockridge — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.67
BuyTaylor Ward — buy.conf 0.66
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