MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 9, 2026
Portrait of Brandon Nimmo
Brandon Nimmo
TEX · RF
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Portrait of Owen Caissie
Owen Caissie
MIA · RF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Owen Caissie.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

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

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Brandon Nimmo
92.5
Owen Caissie
91.8
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Brandon Nimmo
52.0%
Owen Caissie
48.1%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Brandon Nimmo
13.0%
Owen Caissie
16.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Brandon Nimmo
28.2%
Owen Caissie
30.1%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Brandon Nimmo
11.3%
Owen Caissie
17.1%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Brandon Nimmo
.379
Owen Caissie
.309
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
.200.310
lg AVG .295
now .258
.278
Owen Caissie
.200.310
lg AVG .295
now .234
.209

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Brandon Nimmo
59.20
now 7
7
Owen Caissie
59.20
now 5
8
Runshigher is better
Brandon Nimmo
2029.60
now 26
24
Owen Caissie
2029.60
now 17
20
RBIhigher is better
Brandon Nimmo
2041.40
now 21
19
Owen Caissie
2041.40
now 30
35
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Brandon Nimmo
.8005.20
now 2
2
Owen Caissie
.8005.20
now 3
4
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyBrandon Nimmo — buy.conf 0.73
Hold · steadyOwen Caissie — hold.conf 0.60
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