MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 18, 2026
Portrait of Brandon Nimmo
Brandon Nimmo
TEX · RF
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Portrait of James Wood
James Wood
WSH · RF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

James Wood.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — home runs, runs, RBI, and steals.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

James Wood wins 4 categories (HR, R, RBI, SB); Brandon Nimmo wins 1 (AVG).

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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
James Wood
95.0
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Brandon Nimmo
52.4%
James Wood
59.9%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Brandon Nimmo
13.1%
James Wood
22.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Brandon Nimmo
28.6%
James Wood
22.0%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Brandon Nimmo
11.1%
James Wood
11.7%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Brandon Nimmo
.379
James Wood
.437
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
.280
James Wood
.250.290
lg AVG .295
now .272
.258

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Brandon Nimmo
520
now 7
6
James Wood
520
now 16
11
Runshigher is better
Brandon Nimmo
2066.20
now 26
20
James Wood
2066.20
now 53
39
RBIhigher is better
Brandon Nimmo
2048.20
now 21
16
James Wood
2048.20
now 39
28
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Brandon Nimmo
.00013.20
now 2
2
James Wood
.00013.20
now 10
7
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyBrandon Nimmo — buy.conf 0.73
BuyJames Wood — buy.conf 0.84
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