MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 21, 2026
Portrait of Brandon Lowe
Brandon Lowe
PIT · 2B
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Portrait of Nico Hoerner
Nico Hoerner
CHC · 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); Nico Hoerner wins 2 (SB, AVG).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Brandon Lowe
91.0
Nico Hoerner
86.0
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Brandon Lowe
45.8%
Nico Hoerner
27.7%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Brandon Lowe
12.3%
Nico Hoerner
0.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Brandon Lowe
33.5%
Nico Hoerner
30.6%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Brandon Lowe
17.5%
Nico Hoerner
5.1%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Brandon Lowe
.338
Nico Hoerner
.320
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
.210.280
lg AVG .295
now .260
.221
Nico Hoerner
.210.280
lg AVG .295
now .252
.260

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Brandon Lowe
519.20
now 14
6
Nico Hoerner
519.20
now 4
1
Runshigher is better
Brandon Lowe
2043.60
now 36
29
Nico Hoerner
2043.60
now 24
17
RBIhigher is better
Brandon Lowe
2042.20
now 37
29
Nico Hoerner
2042.20
now 33
24
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Brandon Lowe
.00015.40
now 0
0
Nico Hoerner
.00015.40
now 11
8
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyBrandon Lowe — buy.conf 0.65
Hold · steadyNico Hoerner — hold.conf 0.60
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