MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 2, 2026
Portrait of Brice Matthews
Brice Matthews
HOU · CF
Change to
Kerry Carpenter
DET · RF
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22, 1 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Brice Matthews wins 2 (SB, AVG); Kerry Carpenter wins 2 (R, RBI); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Brice Matthews
86.8
Kerry Carpenter
89.8
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Brice Matthews
37.1%
Kerry Carpenter
44.0%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Brice Matthews
8.6%
Kerry Carpenter
9.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Brice Matthews
25.3%
Kerry Carpenter
36.3%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Brice Matthews
16.3%
Kerry Carpenter
14.4%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Brice Matthews
.260
Kerry Carpenter
.295
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
Brice Matthews
.200.270
lg AVG .295
now .204
.181
Kerry Carpenter
.200.270
lg AVG .295
now .239
.174

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Brice Matthews
58.60
now 4
3
Kerry Carpenter
58.60
now 7
3
Runshigher is better
Brice Matthews
2017.20
now 14
11
Kerry Carpenter
2017.20
now 12
12
RBIhigher is better
Brice Matthews
2022.20
now 14
11
Kerry Carpenter
2022.20
now 19
19
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Brice Matthews
.0003.20
now 2
2
Kerry Carpenter
.0003.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
SellBrice Matthews — sell.conf 0.66
SellKerry Carpenter — sell.conf 0.59
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