MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 4, 2026
Portrait of Justin Crawford
Justin Crawford
PHI · CF
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Portrait of Lawrence Butler
Lawrence Butler
ATH · RF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Lawrence Butler.

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

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

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Justin Crawford
86.6
Lawrence Butler
89.1
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Justin Crawford
32.9%
Lawrence Butler
45.5%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Justin Crawford
0.8%
Lawrence Butler
7.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Justin Crawford
38.3%
Lawrence Butler
24.1%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Justin Crawford
10.2%
Lawrence Butler
12.9%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Justin Crawford
.278
Lawrence Butler
.309
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
.200.280
lg AVG .295
now .234
.250
Lawrence Butler
.200.280
lg AVG .295
now .164
.224

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Justin Crawford
54.20
now 2
1
Lawrence Butler
54.20
now 3
2
Runshigher is better
Justin Crawford
2020.20
now 14
10
Lawrence Butler
2020.20
now 17
13
RBIhigher is better
Justin Crawford
2017.20
now 12
8
Lawrence Butler
2017.20
now 14
10
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Justin Crawford
1.408.60
now 7
5
Lawrence Butler
1.408.60
now 4
3
If you already own them — trade angle
SellJustin Crawford — sell.conf 0.62
Hold · steadyLawrence Butler — hold.conf 0.60
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