MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 4, 2026
Portrait of James Outman
James Outman
DET · CF
Change to
Lourdes Gurriel Jr.
AZ · LF
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22, 1 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

James Outman wins 2 (R, SB); Lourdes Gurriel Jr. wins 2 (RBI, AVG); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
James Outman
86.4
Lourdes Gurriel Jr.
87.3
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
James Outman
37.6%
Lourdes Gurriel Jr.
34.3%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
James Outman
7.1%
Lourdes Gurriel Jr.
4.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
James Outman
30.4%
Lourdes Gurriel Jr.
40.0%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
James Outman
21.6%
Lourdes Gurriel Jr.
12.6%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
James Outman
.222
Lourdes Gurriel Jr.
.277
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
05

The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · batting average
AVGhigher is better
James Outman
.200.250
lg AVG .295
now .161
.169
Lourdes Gurriel Jr.
.200.250
lg AVG .295
now .228
.227

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
James Outman
53.20
now 0
2
Lourdes Gurriel Jr.
53.20
now 1
2
Runshigher is better
James Outman
2015.20
now 9
12
Lourdes Gurriel Jr.
2015.20
now 7
8
RBIhigher is better
James Outman
2017
now 3
4
Lourdes Gurriel Jr.
2017
now 11
13
Stolen Baseshigher is better
James Outman
.0008
now 4
6
Lourdes Gurriel Jr.
.0008
now 1
1
If you already own them — trade angle
SellJames Outman — sell.conf 0.74
SellLourdes Gurriel Jr. — sell.conf 0.63
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