MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 6, 2026
Portrait of Brandon Nimmo
Brandon Nimmo
TEX · RF
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Portrait of Chandler Simpson
Chandler Simpson
TB · LF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Brandon Nimmo.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — home runs, RBI, and average. Chandler Simpson’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Brandon Nimmo wins 3 categories (HR, RBI, AVG); Chandler Simpson wins 2 (R, SB).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Brandon Nimmo
92.1
Chandler Simpson
84.0
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Brandon Nimmo
51.3%
Chandler Simpson
14.4%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Brandon Nimmo
11.4%
Chandler Simpson
0.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Brandon Nimmo
28.9%
Chandler Simpson
31.5%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Brandon Nimmo
11.2%
Chandler Simpson
5.1%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Brandon Nimmo
.370
Chandler Simpson
.265
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 Nimmo
.250.300
lg AVG .295
now .258
.276
Chandler Simpson
.250.300
lg AVG .295
now .284
.272

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Brandon Nimmo
59.80
now 7
3
Chandler Simpson
59.80
now 0
0
Runshigher is better
Brandon Nimmo
2036
now 26
15
Chandler Simpson
2036
now 30
18
RBIhigher is better
Brandon Nimmo
2026.60
now 21
12
Chandler Simpson
2026.60
now 12
7
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Brandon Nimmo
.00019.20
now 2
1
Chandler Simpson
.00019.20
now 14
8
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyBrandon Nimmo — buy.conf 0.71
SellChandler Simpson — sell.conf 0.65
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