MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Eli White
Eli White
BOS · CF
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Portrait of Lane Thomas
Lane Thomas
ATL · LF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Eli White.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Eli White wins 2 categories (R, RBI); Lane Thomas 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
Eli White
85.6
Lane Thomas
89.3
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Eli White
29.3%
Lane Thomas
40.9%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Eli White
6.1%
Lane Thomas
6.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Eli White
32.7%
Lane Thomas
20.6%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Eli White
13.8%
Lane Thomas
9.5%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Eli White
.269
Lane Thomas
.311
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
Eli White
.200.240
lg AVG .295
now .217
.221
Lane Thomas
.200.240
lg AVG .295
now .226
.222

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Eli White
53.20
now 2
0
Lane Thomas
53.20
now 2
0
Runshigher is better
Eli White
2013.20
now 10
4
Lane Thomas
2013.20
now 10
3
RBIhigher is better
Eli White
2018
now 11
5
Lane Thomas
2018
now 14
4
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Eli White
.0004.20
now 1
0
Lane Thomas
.0004.20
now 3
1
If you already own them — trade angle
SellEli White — sell.conf 0.64
Hold · steadyLane Thomas — hold.conf 0.60
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