MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 31, 2026
Portrait of Dylan Crews
Dylan Crews
WSH · RF
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Portrait of Lane Thomas
Lane Thomas
KC · CF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Dylan Crews.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Dylan Crews wins 3 categories (HR, R, AVG); Lane Thomas wins 1 (RBI); 1 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Dylan Crews
90.9
Lane Thomas
89.5
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Dylan Crews
44.6%
Lane Thomas
42.6%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Dylan Crews
10.2%
Lane Thomas
6.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Dylan Crews
32.1%
Lane Thomas
20.7%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Dylan Crews
15.5%
Lane Thomas
8.9%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Dylan Crews
.331
Lane Thomas
.316
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
Dylan Crews
.210.250
lg AVG .295
now .220
.236
Lane Thomas
.210.250
lg AVG .295
now .226
.229

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Dylan Crews
54.20
now 1
3
Lane Thomas
54.20
now 2
2
Runshigher is better
Dylan Crews
2014.20
now 4
11
Lane Thomas
2014.20
now 10
10
RBIhigher is better
Dylan Crews
2018.40
now 3
9
Lane Thomas
2018.40
now 14
14
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Dylan Crews
.0004.20
now 1
3
Lane Thomas
.0004.20
now 3
3
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyDylan Crews — buy.conf 0.63
Hold · steadyLane Thomas — hold.conf 0.60
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