MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 3, 2026
Portrait of Joe Mack
Joe Mack
MIA · C
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Portrait of Kyle Higashioka
Kyle Higashioka
TEX · C
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Kyle Higashioka.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Kyle Higashioka wins 3 categories (HR, R, RBI); Joe Mack wins 1 (AVG); 1 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Joe Mack
88.8
Kyle Higashioka
88.2
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Joe Mack
41.0%
Kyle Higashioka
38.1%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Joe Mack
9.7%
Kyle Higashioka
8.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Joe Mack
27.0%
Kyle Higashioka
31.1%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Joe Mack
11.6%
Kyle Higashioka
11.6%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Joe Mack
.318
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
Joe Mack
.200.260
lg AVG .295
now .209
.242
Kyle Higashioka
.200.260
lg AVG .295
now .211
.203

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Joe Mack
54.20
now 0
2
Kyle Higashioka
54.20
now 3
3
Runshigher is better
Joe Mack
2015.20
now 7
11
Kyle Higashioka
2015.20
now 10
12
RBIhigher is better
Joe Mack
2015.20
now 6
9
Kyle Higashioka
2015.20
now 10
12
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Joe Mack
.0001.20
now 0
0
Kyle Higashioka
.0001.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyJoe Mack — hold.conf 0.60
SellKyle Higashioka — sell.conf 0.59
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