MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 11, 2026
Kerry Carpenter
DET · RF
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Portrait of Lane Thomas
Lane Thomas
ATL · LF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22, 1 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Kerry Carpenter wins 2 (HR, RBI); Lane Thomas wins 2 (SB, AVG); 1 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Kerry Carpenter
89.8
Lane Thomas
89.3
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Kerry Carpenter
44.0%
Lane Thomas
40.9%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Kerry Carpenter
9.4%
Lane Thomas
6.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Kerry Carpenter
36.3%
Lane Thomas
20.6%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Kerry Carpenter
14.4%
Lane Thomas
9.5%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Kerry Carpenter
.295
Lane Thomas
.311
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
Kerry Carpenter
.200.270
lg AVG .295
now .239
.169
Lane Thomas
.200.270
lg AVG .295
now .226
.222

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Kerry Carpenter
59.80
now 7
1
Lane Thomas
59.80
now 2
0
Runshigher is better
Kerry Carpenter
2015.60
now 12
3
Lane Thomas
2015.60
now 10
3
RBIhigher is better
Kerry Carpenter
2025
now 19
5
Lane Thomas
2025
now 14
4
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Kerry Carpenter
.0004.20
now 0
0
Lane Thomas
.0004.20
now 3
1
If you already own them — trade angle
SellKerry Carpenter — sell.conf 0.59
Hold · steadyLane Thomas — hold.conf 0.60
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