MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 30, 2026
Portrait of Justin Crawford
Justin Crawford
PHI · CF
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Portrait of Lane Thomas
Lane Thomas
KC · CF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Justin Crawford.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Justin Crawford wins 3 categories (R, SB, AVG); Lane Thomas wins 2 (HR, RBI).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Justin Crawford
86.5
Lane Thomas
89.5
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Justin Crawford
32.2%
Lane Thomas
42.5%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Justin Crawford
0.9%
Lane Thomas
6.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Justin Crawford
39.2%
Lane Thomas
20.6%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Justin Crawford
10.2%
Lane Thomas
8.8%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Justin Crawford
.276
Lane Thomas
.317
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
Justin Crawford
.210.260
lg AVG .295
now .234
.247
Lane Thomas
.210.260
lg AVG .295
now .226
.229

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Justin Crawford
53.20
now 2
1
Lane Thomas
53.20
now 2
2
Runshigher is better
Justin Crawford
2017.20
now 14
11
Lane Thomas
2017.20
now 10
10
RBIhigher is better
Justin Crawford
2017.20
now 12
9
Lane Thomas
2017.20
now 14
14
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Justin Crawford
1.408.60
now 7
5
Lane Thomas
1.408.60
now 3
3
If you already own them — trade angle
SellJustin Crawford — sell.conf 0.63
Hold · steadyLane Thomas — hold.conf 0.60
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