MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 16, 2026
Portrait of Drew Gilbert
Drew Gilbert
SF · CF
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Portrait of Kyle Isbel
Kyle Isbel
KC · CF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Drew Gilbert.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Drew Gilbert wins 2 categories (RBI, AVG); Kyle Isbel 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
Drew Gilbert
85.3
Kyle Isbel
88.6
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Drew Gilbert
31.4%
Kyle Isbel
34.1%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Drew Gilbert
1.9%
Kyle Isbel
3.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Drew Gilbert
25.0%
Kyle Isbel
33.5%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Drew Gilbert
9.0%
Kyle Isbel
9.1%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Drew Gilbert
.294
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
Drew Gilbert
.210.260
lg AVG .295
now .231
.229
Kyle Isbel
.210.260
lg AVG .295
now .243
.225

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Drew Gilbert
54.20
now 3
2
Kyle Isbel
54.20
now 3
2
Runshigher is better
Drew Gilbert
2019.20
now 12
16
Kyle Isbel
2019.20
now 15
16
RBIhigher is better
Drew Gilbert
2019.20
now 12
16
Kyle Isbel
2019.20
now 11
12
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Drew Gilbert
.0007
now 0
0
Kyle Isbel
.0007
now 5
5
If you already own them — trade angle
SellDrew Gilbert — sell.conf 0.59
SellKyle Isbel — sell.conf 0.63
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