MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 6, 2026
Portrait of Brandon Nimmo
Brandon Nimmo
TEX · RF
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Portrait of Ryan Waldschmidt
Ryan Waldschmidt
AZ · CF
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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, RBI, and average.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

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

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Brandon Nimmo
92.1
Ryan Waldschmidt
87.9
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Brandon Nimmo
51.3%
Ryan Waldschmidt
34.6%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Brandon Nimmo
11.4%
Ryan Waldschmidt
7.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Brandon Nimmo
28.9%
Ryan Waldschmidt
25.6%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Brandon Nimmo
11.2%
Ryan Waldschmidt
15.1%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Brandon Nimmo
.370
Ryan Waldschmidt
.292
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
.240.300
lg AVG .295
now .258
.276
Ryan Waldschmidt
.240.300
lg AVG .295
now .284
.252

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Brandon Nimmo
59.80
now 7
3
Ryan Waldschmidt
59.80
now 0
2
Runshigher is better
Brandon Nimmo
2032.40
now 26
15
Ryan Waldschmidt
2032.40
now 10
14
RBIhigher is better
Brandon Nimmo
2026.60
now 21
12
Ryan Waldschmidt
2026.60
now 7
10
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Brandon Nimmo
.0009.40
now 2
1
Ryan Waldschmidt
.0009.40
now 5
7
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyBrandon Nimmo — buy.conf 0.71
SellRyan Waldschmidt — sell.conf 0.60
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