MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 5, 2026
Brendan Donovan
SEA · 3B
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Portrait of Nick Sogard
Nick Sogard
BOS · 3B
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Brendan Donovan.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Brendan Donovan wins 4 categories (R, RBI, SB, AVG); Nick Sogard wins 0 (none); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Brendan Donovan
85.9
Nick Sogard
83.0
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Brendan Donovan
32.9%
Nick Sogard
17.5%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Brendan Donovan
4.3%
Nick Sogard
0.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Brendan Donovan
25.3%
Nick Sogard
22.0%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Brendan Donovan
8.7%
Nick Sogard
8.8%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Brendan Donovan
.344
Nick Sogard
.297
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
Brendan Donovan
.220.290
lg AVG .295
now .274
.241
Nick Sogard
.220.290
lg AVG .295
now .257
.238

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Brendan Donovan
54.20
now 3
1
Nick Sogard
54.20
now 0
1
Runshigher is better
Brendan Donovan
2014.20
now 9
11
Nick Sogard
2014.20
now 3
8
RBIhigher is better
Brendan Donovan
2012.20
now 8
9
Nick Sogard
2012.20
now 2
5
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Brendan Donovan
.0002.20
now 1
1
Nick Sogard
.0002.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeBrendan Donovan — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeNick Sogard — hold.conf 0.50
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