MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 27, 2026
Portrait of Brooks Lee
Brooks Lee
MIN · 3B
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Portrait of Ryan McMahon
Ryan McMahon
NYY · 3B
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Ryan McMahon.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Ryan McMahon wins 3 categories (HR, SB, AVG); Brooks Lee wins 2 (R, RBI).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Brooks Lee
87.6
Ryan McMahon
91.1
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Brooks Lee
31.4%
Ryan McMahon
50.7%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Brooks Lee
3.9%
Ryan McMahon
10.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Brooks Lee
33.7%
Ryan McMahon
29.6%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Brooks Lee
11.2%
Ryan McMahon
14.4%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Brooks Lee
.271
Ryan McMahon
.305
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
Brooks Lee
.200.280
lg AVG .295
now .256
.207
Ryan McMahon
.200.280
lg AVG .295
now .207
.217

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Brooks Lee
510.40
now 8
2
Ryan McMahon
510.40
now 6
4
Runshigher is better
Brooks Lee
2030.80
now 26
19
Ryan McMahon
2030.80
now 16
14
RBIhigher is better
Brooks Lee
2040.80
now 34
25
Ryan McMahon
2040.80
now 19
17
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Brooks Lee
.8004.20
now 3
2
Ryan McMahon
.8004.20
now 3
3
If you already own them — trade angle
SellBrooks Lee — sell.conf 0.64
Hold · leans sellRyan McMahon — hold.conf 0.60
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