MLB Daily DeltaWeek 13 · June 23, 2026
Portrait of Jeff McNeil
Jeff McNeil
ATH · 2B
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Portrait of Nicky Lopez
Nicky Lopez
TEX · 2B
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Jeff McNeil.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — home runs, steals, and average.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Jeff McNeil wins 3 categories (HR, SB, AVG); Nicky Lopez wins 2 (R, RBI).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Jeff McNeil
85.9
Nicky Lopez
83.6
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Jeff McNeil
29.5%
Nicky Lopez
22.6%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Jeff McNeil
1.1%
Nicky Lopez
0.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Jeff McNeil
32.2%
Nicky Lopez
37.0%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Jeff McNeil
9.7%
Nicky Lopez
10.4%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Jeff McNeil
.302
Nicky Lopez
.257
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
Jeff McNeil
.200.290
lg AVG .295
now .251
.249
Nicky Lopez
.200.290
lg AVG .295
now .269
.220

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Jeff McNeil
53.20
now 2
2
Nicky Lopez
53.20
now 1
1
Runshigher is better
Jeff McNeil
2026.80
now 15
19
Nicky Lopez
2026.80
now 3
20
RBIhigher is better
Jeff McNeil
2026.80
now 15
19
Nicky Lopez
2026.80
now 3
20
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Jeff McNeil
.0002.20
now 1
1
Nicky Lopez
.0002.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans sellJeff McNeil — hold.conf 0.60
Sell HighNicky Lopez — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.70
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