MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 22, 2026
Portrait of Brandon Nimmo
Brandon Nimmo
TEX · RF
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Portrait of Chase DeLauter
Chase DeLauter
CLE · RF
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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, runs, and average. Chase DeLauter’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, R, AVG); Chase DeLauter wins 2 (RBI, SB).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Brandon Nimmo
92.6
Chase DeLauter
91.0
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Brandon Nimmo
52.5%
Chase DeLauter
45.0%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Brandon Nimmo
12.7%
Chase DeLauter
6.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Brandon Nimmo
28.0%
Chase DeLauter
20.5%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Brandon Nimmo
11.5%
Chase DeLauter
6.6%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Brandon Nimmo
.372
Chase DeLauter
.347
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
.250.290
lg AVG .295
now .258
.275
Chase DeLauter
.250.290
lg AVG .295
now .268
.272

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Brandon Nimmo
58.60
now 7
5
Chase DeLauter
58.60
now 7
3
Runshigher is better
Brandon Nimmo
2029.60
now 26
19
Chase DeLauter
2029.60
now 22
17
RBIhigher is better
Brandon Nimmo
2038.40
now 21
16
Chase DeLauter
2038.40
now 32
25
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Brandon Nimmo
.0003.20
now 2
1
Chase DeLauter
.0003.20
now 2
2
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyBrandon Nimmo — buy.conf 0.71
BuyChase DeLauter — buy.conf 0.66
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