MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Byron Buxton
Byron Buxton
MIN · CF
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Grant McCray
SF · CF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Grant McCray.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Grant McCray wins 3 categories (R, SB, AVG); Byron Buxton wins 2 (HR, RBI).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Byron Buxton
90.2
Grant McCray
87.1
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Byron Buxton
46.7%
Grant McCray
29.5%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Byron Buxton
15.8%
Grant McCray
11.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Byron Buxton
34.4%
Grant McCray
26.9%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Byron Buxton
16.5%
Grant McCray
14.0%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Byron Buxton
.343
Grant McCray
.323
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
Byron Buxton
.200.360
lg AVG .295
now .258
.210
Grant McCray
.200.360
lg AVG .295
now .000
.246

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Byron Buxton
523.80
now 17
1
Grant McCray
523.80
now 0
0
Runshigher is better
Byron Buxton
2055.60
now 40
8
Grant McCray
2055.60
now 1
22
RBIhigher is better
Byron Buxton
2037.80
now 27
5
Grant McCray
2037.80
now 0
0
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Byron Buxton
.00030.40
now 5
1
Grant McCray
.00030.40
now 1
22
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyByron Buxton — buy.conf 0.66
Hold · wait & seeGrant McCray — hold.conf 0.50
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