MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 30, 2026
Portrait of Brandon Lowe
Brandon Lowe
PIT · 2B
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Josh Smith
TEX · 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); Josh Smith 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 Lowe
91.0
Josh Smith
86.6
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Brandon Lowe
45.2%
Josh Smith
29.9%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Brandon Lowe
12.1%
Josh Smith
5.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Brandon Lowe
33.7%
Josh Smith
34.8%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Brandon Lowe
17.6%
Josh Smith
10.9%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Brandon Lowe
.339
Josh Smith
.268
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 Lowe
.200.280
lg AVG .295
now .260
.224
Josh Smith
.200.280
lg AVG .295
now .217
.209

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Brandon Lowe
519.60
now 14
5
Josh Smith
519.60
now 0
2
Runshigher is better
Brandon Lowe
2048
now 36
24
Josh Smith
2048
now 6
7
RBIhigher is better
Brandon Lowe
2049.40
now 37
25
Josh Smith
2049.40
now 6
7
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Brandon Lowe
.0003.20
now 0
0
Josh Smith
.0003.20
now 2
2
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyBrandon Lowe — buy.conf 0.65
Hold · wait & seeJosh Smith — hold.conf 0.50
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