MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 8, 2026
Portrait of Ezequiel Duran
Ezequiel Duran
TEX · SS
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Portrait of Kevin McGonigle
Kevin McGonigle
DET · SS
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Kevin McGonigle.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Kevin McGonigle wins 3 categories (R, SB, AVG); Ezequiel Duran 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
Ezequiel Duran
88.7
Kevin McGonigle
88.0
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Ezequiel Duran
35.8%
Kevin McGonigle
36.4%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Ezequiel Duran
6.5%
Kevin McGonigle
7.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Ezequiel Duran
36.3%
Kevin McGonigle
18.4%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Ezequiel Duran
13.4%
Kevin McGonigle
6.9%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Ezequiel Duran
.309
Kevin McGonigle
.355
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
Ezequiel Duran
.230.320
lg AVG .295
now .299
.247
Kevin McGonigle
.230.320
lg AVG .295
now .285
.268

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Ezequiel Duran
55.20
now 4
2
Kevin McGonigle
55.20
now 3
2
Runshigher is better
Ezequiel Duran
2046.80
now 25
16
Kevin McGonigle
2046.80
now 38
20
RBIhigher is better
Ezequiel Duran
2040.40
now 32
21
Kevin McGonigle
2040.40
now 21
11
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Ezequiel Duran
.60011.40
now 5
3
Kevin McGonigle
.60011.40
now 9
5
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyEzequiel Duran — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · leans buyKevin McGonigle — hold.conf 0.60
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