MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 4, 2026
Portrait of Carlos Cortes
Carlos Cortes
ATH · RF
Change to
Portrait of Lawrence Butler
Lawrence Butler
ATH · 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

Carlos Cortes wins 2 (RBI, AVG); Lawrence Butler wins 2 (R, SB); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Carlos Cortes
89.9
Lawrence Butler
89.1
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Carlos Cortes
39.4%
Lawrence Butler
45.5%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Carlos Cortes
7.2%
Lawrence Butler
7.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Carlos Cortes
25.4%
Lawrence Butler
24.1%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Carlos Cortes
9.4%
Lawrence Butler
12.9%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Carlos Cortes
.325
Lawrence Butler
.309
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
05

The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · batting average
AVGhigher is better
Carlos Cortes
.200.390
lg AVG .295
now .328
.249
Lawrence Butler
.200.390
lg AVG .295
now .164
.224

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Carlos Cortes
56.20
now 5
2
Lawrence Butler
56.20
now 3
2
Runshigher is better
Carlos Cortes
2020.20
now 14
11
Lawrence Butler
2020.20
now 17
13
RBIhigher is better
Carlos Cortes
2020.20
now 17
13
Lawrence Butler
2020.20
now 14
10
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Carlos Cortes
.0005.20
now 1
1
Lawrence Butler
.0005.20
now 4
3
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans buyCarlos Cortes — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · steadyLawrence Butler — hold.conf 0.60
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