MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 31, 2026
Portrait of Colby Thomas
Colby Thomas
ATH · RF
Change to
Portrait of Kyle Isbel
Kyle Isbel
KC · CF
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

Colby Thomas wins 2 (HR, RBI); Kyle Isbel wins 2 (SB, AVG); 1 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Colby Thomas
89.1
Kyle Isbel
88.6
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Colby Thomas
34.2%
Kyle Isbel
34.1%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Colby Thomas
8.9%
Kyle Isbel
3.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Colby Thomas
42.9%
Kyle Isbel
33.5%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Colby Thomas
20.5%
Kyle Isbel
9.1%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Colby Thomas
.250
Kyle Isbel
.275
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
Colby Thomas
.200.300
lg AVG .295
now .268
.195
Kyle Isbel
.200.300
lg AVG .295
now .243
.224

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Colby Thomas
54.20
now 1
3
Kyle Isbel
54.20
now 3
1
Runshigher is better
Colby Thomas
2019
now 5
12
Kyle Isbel
2019
now 15
12
RBIhigher is better
Colby Thomas
2015.20
now 5
12
Kyle Isbel
2015.20
now 11
9
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Colby Thomas
.0007
now 0
0
Kyle Isbel
.0007
now 5
4
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeColby Thomas — hold.conf 0.50
SellKyle Isbel — sell.conf 0.63
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