MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 27, 2026
Portrait of Kyle Higashioka
Kyle Higashioka
TEX · C
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Portrait of Nick Fortes
Nick Fortes
TB · C
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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, runs, and RBI. Nick Fortes’s box score looks better right now, but it’s built on luck that won’t hold.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Kyle Higashioka wins 3 categories (HR, R, RBI); Nick Fortes wins 1 (AVG); 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
88.2
Nick Fortes
85.9
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Kyle Higashioka
38.1%
Nick Fortes
37.0%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Kyle Higashioka
8.5%
Nick Fortes
2.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Kyle Higashioka
31.1%
Nick Fortes
38.6%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Kyle Higashioka
11.6%
Nick Fortes
9.0%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Kyle Higashioka
.295
Nick Fortes
.283
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
.200.270
lg AVG .295
now .211
.204
Nick Fortes
.200.270
lg AVG .295
now .250
.254

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Kyle Higashioka
54.20
now 3
3
Nick Fortes
54.20
now 1
1
Runshigher is better
Kyle Higashioka
2016.20
now 10
13
Nick Fortes
2016.20
now 11
11
RBIhigher is better
Kyle Higashioka
2016.20
now 10
13
Nick Fortes
2016.20
now 13
12
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Kyle Higashioka
.0001.20
now 0
0
Nick Fortes
.0001.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
SellKyle Higashioka — sell.conf 0.59
Sell HighNick Fortes — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.72
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