MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 12, 2026
Portrait of Kyle Higashioka
Kyle Higashioka
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Portrait of Miguel Amaya
Miguel Amaya
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Kyle Higashioka.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Kyle Higashioka wins 3 categories (HR, RBI, AVG); Miguel Amaya wins 1 (R); 1 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Kyle Higashioka
87.9
Miguel Amaya
86.6
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Kyle Higashioka
38.2%
Miguel Amaya
34.4%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Kyle Higashioka
8.2%
Miguel Amaya
6.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Kyle Higashioka
31.1%
Miguel Amaya
28.9%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Kyle Higashioka
12.3%
Miguel Amaya
11.0%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Kyle Higashioka
.289
Miguel Amaya
.302
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
Kyle Higashioka
.200.230
lg AVG .295
now .211
.207
Miguel Amaya
.200.230
lg AVG .295
now .217
.190

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Kyle Higashioka
55.20
now 3
4
Miguel Amaya
55.20
now 3
3
Runshigher is better
Kyle Higashioka
2029.60
now 10
17
Miguel Amaya
2029.60
now 15
24
RBIhigher is better
Kyle Higashioka
2020.20
now 10
17
Miguel Amaya
2020.20
now 9
15
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Kyle Higashioka
.0001.20
now 0
0
Miguel Amaya
.0001.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
SellKyle Higashioka — sell.conf 0.60
Hold · wait & seeMiguel Amaya — hold.conf 0.50
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