MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 2, 2026
Portrait of Edgar Quero
Edgar Quero
CWS · C
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Portrait of Kyle Higashioka
Kyle Higashioka
TEX · C
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Kyle Higashioka.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — home runs, runs, and average. Edgar Quero’s box score looks better right now, but it’s built on luck that won’t hold.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Kyle Higashioka wins 3 categories (HR, R, AVG); Edgar Quero wins 2 (RBI, SB).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Edgar Quero
90.5
Kyle Higashioka
88.2
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Edgar Quero
36.1%
Kyle Higashioka
38.1%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Edgar Quero
2.3%
Kyle Higashioka
8.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Edgar Quero
26.5%
Kyle Higashioka
31.1%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Edgar Quero
11.4%
Kyle Higashioka
11.6%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Edgar Quero
.266
Kyle Higashioka
.295
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
Edgar Quero
.200.220
lg AVG .295
now .190
.193
Kyle Higashioka
.200.220
lg AVG .295
now .211
.203

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Edgar Quero
54.20
now 2
1
Kyle Higashioka
54.20
now 3
3
Runshigher is better
Edgar Quero
2015.20
now 12
11
Kyle Higashioka
2015.20
now 10
12
RBIhigher is better
Edgar Quero
2018.20
now 15
14
Kyle Higashioka
2018.20
now 10
12
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Edgar Quero
.0002.20
now 1
1
Kyle Higashioka
.0002.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowEdgar Quero — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.69
SellKyle Higashioka — sell.conf 0.59
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