MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 2, 2026
Portrait of Derek Hill
Derek Hill
PHI · RF
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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, runs, RBI, and average.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Lawrence Butler wins 4 categories (HR, R, RBI, AVG); Derek Hill wins 1 (SB).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Derek Hill
89.5
Lawrence Butler
89.2
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Derek Hill
35.2%
Lawrence Butler
45.4%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Derek Hill
11.0%
Lawrence Butler
7.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Derek Hill
34.0%
Lawrence Butler
24.1%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Derek Hill
17.4%
Lawrence Butler
12.9%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Derek Hill
.296
Lawrence Butler
.309
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
Derek Hill
.200.260
lg AVG .295
now .234
.208
Lawrence Butler
.200.260
lg AVG .295
now .164
.221

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Derek Hill
54.20
now 3
2
Lawrence Butler
54.20
now 3
3
Runshigher is better
Derek Hill
2020.20
now 9
12
Lawrence Butler
2020.20
now 17
13
RBIhigher is better
Derek Hill
2017.20
now 6
8
Lawrence Butler
2017.20
now 14
11
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Derek Hill
110
now 6
8
Lawrence Butler
110
now 4
3
If you already own them — trade angle
SellDerek Hill — sell.conf 0.59
Hold · steadyLawrence Butler — hold.conf 0.60
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