MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 20, 2026
Portrait of Cedric Mullins
Cedric Mullins
TB · CF
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Portrait of Lawrence Butler
Lawrence Butler
ATH · RF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Lawrence Butler.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Lawrence Butler wins 2 categories (HR, AVG); Cedric Mullins wins 1 (SB); 2 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Cedric Mullins
88.3
Lawrence Butler
89.0
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Cedric Mullins
31.4%
Lawrence Butler
44.4%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Cedric Mullins
4.1%
Lawrence Butler
5.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Cedric Mullins
30.5%
Lawrence Butler
24.0%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Cedric Mullins
11.6%
Lawrence Butler
13.0%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Cedric Mullins
.262
Lawrence Butler
.304
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
Cedric Mullins
.200.240
lg AVG .295
now .184
.193
Lawrence Butler
.200.240
lg AVG .295
now .164
.220

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Cedric Mullins
54.20
now 3
2
Lawrence Butler
54.20
now 3
3
Runshigher is better
Cedric Mullins
2022.20
now 19
17
Lawrence Butler
2022.20
now 17
17
RBIhigher is better
Cedric Mullins
2019.20
now 16
14
Lawrence Butler
2019.20
now 14
14
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Cedric Mullins
1.6012.40
now 10
9
Lawrence Butler
1.6012.40
now 4
4
If you already own them — trade angle
SellCedric Mullins — sell.conf 0.66
Buy LowLawrence Butler — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.67
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