MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 5, 2026
James McCann
AZ · C
Change to
Portrait of Kyle Higashioka
Kyle Higashioka
TEX · C
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Kyle Higashioka.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — runs and RBI.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Kyle Higashioka wins 2 categories (R, RBI); James McCann wins 1 (AVG); 2 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
James McCann
89.7
Kyle Higashioka
88.2
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
James McCann
42.0%
Kyle Higashioka
38.1%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
James McCann
7.2%
Kyle Higashioka
8.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
James McCann
42.6%
Kyle Higashioka
31.1%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
James McCann
15.0%
Kyle Higashioka
11.6%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
James McCann
.264
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
James McCann
.200.250
lg AVG .295
now .203
.238
Kyle Higashioka
.200.250
lg AVG .295
now .211
.203

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
James McCann
54.20
now 0
2
Kyle Higashioka
54.20
now 3
2
Runshigher is better
James McCann
2014.20
now 3
5
Kyle Higashioka
2014.20
now 10
11
RBIhigher is better
James McCann
2014.20
now 6
10
Kyle Higashioka
2014.20
now 10
11
Stolen Baseshigher is better
James McCann
.0001.20
now 0
0
Kyle Higashioka
.0001.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighJames McCann — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.78
SellKyle Higashioka — sell.conf 0.59
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