MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 22, 2026
Portrait of Brandon Nimmo
Brandon Nimmo
TEX · RF
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Portrait of Heriberto Hernández
Heriberto Hernández
MIA · 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, runs, and average.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Brandon Nimmo wins 3 categories (HR, R, AVG); Heriberto Hernández 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
Heriberto Hernández
92.4
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Brandon Nimmo
52.5%
Heriberto Hernández
50.9%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Brandon Nimmo
12.7%
Heriberto Hernández
12.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Brandon Nimmo
28.0%
Heriberto Hernández
25.1%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Brandon Nimmo
11.5%
Heriberto Hernández
14.9%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Brandon Nimmo
.372
Heriberto Hernández
.360
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
.200.300
lg AVG .295
now .258
.275
Heriberto Hernández
.200.300
lg AVG .295
now .206
.247

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Brandon Nimmo
58.60
now 7
5
Heriberto Hernández
58.60
now 3
4
Runshigher is better
Brandon Nimmo
2033.60
now 26
19
Heriberto Hernández
2033.60
now 7
9
RBIhigher is better
Brandon Nimmo
2030
now 21
16
Heriberto Hernández
2030
now 20
26
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Brandon Nimmo
.0009.40
now 2
1
Heriberto Hernández
.0009.40
now 5
7
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyBrandon Nimmo — buy.conf 0.71
BuyHeriberto Hernández — buy.conf 0.69
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