MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 30, 2026
Portrait of Brandon Lowe
Brandon Lowe
PIT · 2B
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Portrait of Willi Castro
Willi Castro
COL · 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); Willi Castro wins 2 (SB, AVG).

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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
Willi Castro
88.0
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Brandon Lowe
45.2%
Willi Castro
40.3%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Brandon Lowe
12.1%
Willi Castro
8.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Brandon Lowe
33.7%
Willi Castro
38.0%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Brandon Lowe
17.6%
Willi Castro
16.6%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Brandon Lowe
.339
Willi Castro
.303
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
.224
Willi Castro
.210.280
lg AVG .295
now .262
.230

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Brandon Lowe
518.80
now 14
5
Willi Castro
518.80
now 2
3
Runshigher is better
Brandon Lowe
2042.80
now 36
24
Willi Castro
2042.80
now 24
19
RBIhigher is better
Brandon Lowe
2045.80
now 37
25
Willi Castro
2045.80
now 19
15
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Brandon Lowe
.0005.60
now 0
0
Willi Castro
.0005.60
now 4
3
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyBrandon Lowe — buy.conf 0.65
Hold · leans sellWilli Castro — hold.conf 0.60
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