MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 30, 2026
Portrait of Brandon Lowe
Brandon Lowe
PIT · 2B
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Portrait of Zach McKinstry
Zach McKinstry
DET · 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); Zach McKinstry wins 1 (SB).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Brandon Lowe
91.0
Zach McKinstry
85.1
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Brandon Lowe
45.2%
Zach McKinstry
22.3%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Brandon Lowe
12.1%
Zach McKinstry
2.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Brandon Lowe
33.7%
Zach McKinstry
29.8%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Brandon Lowe
17.6%
Zach McKinstry
8.3%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Brandon Lowe
.339
Zach McKinstry
.284
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
.200.300
lg AVG .295
now .260
.224
Zach McKinstry
.200.300
lg AVG .295
now .162
.221

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Brandon Lowe
519.20
now 14
5
Zach McKinstry
519.20
now 1
1
Runshigher is better
Brandon Lowe
2049.60
now 36
24
Zach McKinstry
2049.60
now 2
2
RBIhigher is better
Brandon Lowe
2048.20
now 37
25
Zach McKinstry
2048.20
now 9
9
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Brandon Lowe
.0002.20
now 0
0
Zach McKinstry
.0002.20
now 1
1
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyBrandon Lowe — buy.conf 0.65
SellZach McKinstry — sell.conf 0.61
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