MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Byron Buxton
Byron Buxton
MIN · CF
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Portrait of Pete Crow-Armstrong
Pete Crow-Armstrong
CHC · CF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Byron Buxton.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Byron Buxton wins 3 categories (HR, R, RBI); Pete Crow-Armstrong wins 2 (SB, AVG).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Byron Buxton
90.7
Pete Crow-Armstrong
90.0
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Byron Buxton
47.6%
Pete Crow-Armstrong
48.2%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Byron Buxton
18.7%
Pete Crow-Armstrong
10.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Byron Buxton
34.7%
Pete Crow-Armstrong
35.5%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Byron Buxton
16.3%
Pete Crow-Armstrong
14.2%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Byron Buxton
.351
Pete Crow-Armstrong
.363
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
.210.270
lg AVG .295
now .258
.226
Pete Crow-Armstrong
.210.270
lg AVG .295
now .237
.256

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Byron Buxton
521.80
now 17
9
Pete Crow-Armstrong
521.80
now 7
5
Runshigher is better
Byron Buxton
2046
now 40
33
Pete Crow-Armstrong
2046
now 33
25
RBIhigher is better
Byron Buxton
2030.20
now 27
22
Pete Crow-Armstrong
2030.20
now 26
20
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Byron Buxton
.80015.20
now 5
4
Pete Crow-Armstrong
.80015.20
now 12
9
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyByron Buxton — buy.conf 0.67
Sell HighPete Crow-Armstrong — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.72
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