MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 4, 2026
Portrait of Kyle Higashioka
Kyle Higashioka
TEX · C
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Portrait of Tyler Stephenson
Tyler Stephenson
CIN · C
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Tyler Stephenson.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — RBI and average.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Tyler Stephenson wins 2 categories (RBI, AVG); Kyle Higashioka wins 1 (R); 2 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
Tyler Stephenson
91.2
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Kyle Higashioka
38.1%
Tyler Stephenson
46.1%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Kyle Higashioka
8.5%
Tyler Stephenson
12.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Kyle Higashioka
31.1%
Tyler Stephenson
22.0%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Kyle Higashioka
11.6%
Tyler Stephenson
11.5%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Kyle Higashioka
.295
Tyler Stephenson
.352
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
.200.260
lg AVG .295
now .211
.203
Tyler Stephenson
.200.260
lg AVG .295
now .193
.243

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Kyle Higashioka
55.20
now 3
3
Tyler Stephenson
55.20
now 4
3
Runshigher is better
Kyle Higashioka
2015.20
now 10
12
Tyler Stephenson
2015.20
now 11
8
RBIhigher is better
Kyle Higashioka
2020.20
now 10
12
Tyler Stephenson
2020.20
now 17
13
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Kyle Higashioka
.0001.20
now 0
0
Tyler Stephenson
.0001.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
SellKyle Higashioka — sell.conf 0.59
BuyTyler Stephenson — buy.conf 0.67
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