MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 23, 2026
Portrait of Brandon Nimmo
Brandon Nimmo
TEX · RF
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Portrait of Luke Raley
Luke Raley
SEA · RF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Luke Raley.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Luke Raley wins 2 categories (R, RBI); Brandon Nimmo wins 1 (AVG); 2 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Brandon Nimmo
92.4
Luke Raley
90.6
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Brandon Nimmo
52.5%
Luke Raley
47.2%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Brandon Nimmo
12.5%
Luke Raley
16.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Brandon Nimmo
28.3%
Luke Raley
34.5%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Brandon Nimmo
11.4%
Luke Raley
22.1%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Brandon Nimmo
.374
Luke Raley
.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
.200.300
lg AVG .295
now .258
.278
Luke Raley
.200.300
lg AVG .295
now .276
.213

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Brandon Nimmo
516.20
now 7
5
Luke Raley
516.20
now 13
5
Runshigher is better
Brandon Nimmo
2029.20
now 26
19
Luke Raley
2029.20
now 22
20
RBIhigher is better
Brandon Nimmo
2037.40
now 21
15
Luke Raley
2037.40
now 31
29
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Brandon Nimmo
.0003.20
now 2
1
Luke Raley
.0003.20
now 1
1
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyBrandon Nimmo — buy.conf 0.72
BuyLuke Raley — buy.conf 0.66
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