MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 9, 2026
Portrait of Brandon Lowe
Brandon Lowe
PIT · 2B
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Portrait of Nick Sogard
Nick Sogard
BOS · 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, and RBI.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Brandon Lowe wins 3 categories (HR, R, RBI); Nick Sogard wins 1 (AVG); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Brandon Lowe
91.0
Nick Sogard
81.7
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Brandon Lowe
45.2%
Nick Sogard
17.3%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Brandon Lowe
12.5%
Nick Sogard
0.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Brandon Lowe
33.3%
Nick Sogard
23.4%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Brandon Lowe
17.6%
Nick Sogard
8.5%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Brandon Lowe
.333
Nick Sogard
.308
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
.210.270
lg AVG .295
now .260
.223
Nick Sogard
.210.270
lg AVG .295
now .257
.244

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Brandon Lowe
519.60
now 14
4
Nick Sogard
519.60
now 0
1
Runshigher is better
Brandon Lowe
2049.20
now 36
20
Nick Sogard
2049.20
now 3
7
RBIhigher is better
Brandon Lowe
2051
now 37
20
Nick Sogard
2051
now 2
5
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Brandon Lowe
.0001.20
now 0
0
Nick Sogard
.0001.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyBrandon Lowe — buy.conf 0.64
Hold · wait & seeNick Sogard — hold.conf 0.50
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