MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 8, 2026
Portrait of José Tena
José Tena
WSH · DH
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Portrait of Nathaniel Lowe
Nathaniel Lowe
CIN · DH
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

José Tena.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

José Tena wins 2 categories (R, AVG); Nathaniel Lowe wins 1 (RBI); 2 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
José Tena
91.9
Nathaniel Lowe
88.5
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
José Tena
51.9%
Nathaniel Lowe
39.8%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
José Tena
9.3%
Nathaniel Lowe
10.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
José Tena
30.9%
Nathaniel Lowe
27.3%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
José Tena
17.7%
Nathaniel Lowe
9.8%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
José Tena
.314
Nathaniel Lowe
.352
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
José Tena
.200.270
lg AVG .295
now .219
.241
Nathaniel Lowe
.200.270
lg AVG .295
now .258
.227

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
José Tena
511.40
now 3
4
Nathaniel Lowe
511.40
now 9
4
Runshigher is better
José Tena
2028.60
now 17
25
Nathaniel Lowe
2028.60
now 16
21
RBIhigher is better
José Tena
2041
now 13
19
Nathaniel Lowe
2041
now 25
33
Stolen Baseshigher is better
José Tena
.0001.20
now 0
0
Nathaniel Lowe
.0001.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyJosé Tena — hold.conf 0.60
BuyNathaniel Lowe — buy.conf 0.67
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