MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 30, 2026
Portrait of Brandon Lowe
Brandon Lowe
PIT · 2B
Change to
Jose Altuve
HOU · 2B
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Brandon Lowe.

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

Brandon Lowe wins 4 categories (HR, R, RBI, AVG); Jose Altuve wins 1 (SB).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Brandon Lowe
91.0
Jose Altuve
85.7
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Brandon Lowe
45.2%
Jose Altuve
32.5%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Brandon Lowe
12.1%
Jose Altuve
5.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Brandon Lowe
33.7%
Jose Altuve
36.2%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Brandon Lowe
17.6%
Jose Altuve
10.8%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Brandon Lowe
.339
Jose Altuve
.275
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
05

The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · batting average
AVGhigher is better
Brandon Lowe
.200.280
lg AVG .295
now .260
.224
Jose Altuve
.200.280
lg AVG .295
now .246
.214

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Brandon Lowe
518.80
now 14
5
Jose Altuve
518.80
now 4
2
Runshigher is better
Brandon Lowe
2041.60
now 36
24
Jose Altuve
2041.60
now 27
22
RBIhigher is better
Brandon Lowe
2047.80
now 37
25
Jose Altuve
2047.80
now 12
10
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Brandon Lowe
.0002.20
now 0
0
Jose Altuve
.0002.20
now 1
1
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyBrandon Lowe — buy.conf 0.65
SellJose Altuve — sell.conf 0.63
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