MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 11, 2026
Portrait of Carson Kelly
Carson Kelly
CHC · C
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Portrait of Kyle Higashioka
Kyle Higashioka
TEX · C
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Carson Kelly.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Carson Kelly wins 3 categories (R, RBI, AVG); Kyle Higashioka wins 1 (HR); 1 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Carson Kelly
87.3
Kyle Higashioka
88.2
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Carson Kelly
36.7%
Kyle Higashioka
38.1%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Carson Kelly
5.7%
Kyle Higashioka
8.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Carson Kelly
24.7%
Kyle Higashioka
31.1%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Carson Kelly
8.9%
Kyle Higashioka
11.6%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Carson Kelly
.310
Kyle Higashioka
.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
Carson Kelly
.200.320
lg AVG .295
now .289
.238
Kyle Higashioka
.200.320
lg AVG .295
now .211
.199

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Carson Kelly
54.20
now 2
0
Kyle Higashioka
54.20
now 3
1
Runshigher is better
Carson Kelly
2024
now 18
4
Kyle Higashioka
2024
now 10
3
RBIhigher is better
Carson Kelly
2022.60
now 17
4
Kyle Higashioka
2022.60
now 10
3
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Carson Kelly
.0001.20
now 0
0
Kyle Higashioka
.0001.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyCarson Kelly — hold.conf 0.60
SellKyle Higashioka — sell.conf 0.59
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