MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Jake Mangum
Jake Mangum
PIT · CF
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Portrait of Lawrence Butler
Lawrence Butler
ATH · RF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Jake Mangum.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Jake Mangum wins 3 categories (R, SB, AVG); Lawrence Butler wins 1 (HR); 1 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Jake Mangum
85.4
Lawrence Butler
89.8
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Jake Mangum
26.5%
Lawrence Butler
46.7%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Jake Mangum
1.9%
Lawrence Butler
7.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Jake Mangum
45.6%
Lawrence Butler
24.7%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Jake Mangum
12.2%
Lawrence Butler
12.5%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Jake Mangum
.284
Lawrence Butler
.318
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
Jake Mangum
.200.310
lg AVG .295
now .269
.253
Lawrence Butler
.200.310
lg AVG .295
now .164
.224

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Jake Mangum
54.20
now 1
0
Lawrence Butler
54.20
now 3
1
Runshigher is better
Jake Mangum
2022.20
now 16
5
Lawrence Butler
2022.20
now 17
4
RBIhigher is better
Jake Mangum
2018.40
now 9
3
Lawrence Butler
2018.40
now 14
3
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Jake Mangum
.00010.80
now 8
2
Lawrence Butler
.00010.80
now 4
1
If you already own them — trade angle
SellJake Mangum — sell.conf 0.61
Hold · steadyLawrence Butler — hold.conf 0.60
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