MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 30, 2026
Portrait of Brandon Lowe
Brandon Lowe
PIT · 2B
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Portrait of Matt McLain
Matt McLain
CIN · 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); Matt McLain 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
Matt McLain
88.8
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Brandon Lowe
45.2%
Matt McLain
38.0%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Brandon Lowe
12.1%
Matt McLain
9.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Brandon Lowe
33.7%
Matt McLain
25.3%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Brandon Lowe
17.6%
Matt McLain
11.7%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Brandon Lowe
.339
Matt McLain
.317
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
Matt McLain
.200.280
lg AVG .295
now .198
.211

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Brandon Lowe
518.40
now 14
5
Matt McLain
518.40
now 5
3
Runshigher is better
Brandon Lowe
2044.40
now 36
24
Matt McLain
2044.40
now 22
15
RBIhigher is better
Brandon Lowe
2046.20
now 37
25
Matt McLain
2046.20
now 21
14
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Brandon Lowe
.0009.80
now 0
0
Matt McLain
.0009.80
now 7
5
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyBrandon Lowe — buy.conf 0.65
Buy LowMatt McLain — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.67
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