MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 27, 2026
Kerry Carpenter
DET · RF
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Portrait of Lane Thomas
Lane Thomas
KC · CF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Kerry Carpenter.

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

Kerry Carpenter wins 3 categories (HR, R, RBI); Lane Thomas 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
Kerry Carpenter
89.9
Lane Thomas
89.4
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Kerry Carpenter
44.6%
Lane Thomas
42.1%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Kerry Carpenter
9.6%
Lane Thomas
6.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Kerry Carpenter
36.2%
Lane Thomas
20.4%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Kerry Carpenter
14.4%
Lane Thomas
8.7%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Kerry Carpenter
.296
Lane Thomas
.320
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
.200.260
lg AVG .295
now .239
.176
Lane Thomas
.200.260
lg AVG .295
now .226
.232

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Kerry Carpenter
59
now 7
4
Lane Thomas
59
now 2
2
Runshigher is better
Kerry Carpenter
2016.20
now 12
13
Lane Thomas
2016.20
now 10
10
RBIhigher is better
Kerry Carpenter
2024.20
now 19
21
Lane Thomas
2024.20
now 14
14
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Kerry Carpenter
.0004.20
now 0
0
Lane Thomas
.0004.20
now 3
3
If you already own them — trade angle
SellKerry Carpenter — sell.conf 0.59
Hold · steadyLane Thomas — hold.conf 0.60
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