MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 30, 2026
Portrait of Kyle Isbel
Kyle Isbel
KC · CF
Change to
Lourdes Gurriel Jr.
AZ · LF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Lourdes Gurriel Jr..

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Lourdes Gurriel Jr. wins 3 categories (HR, RBI, AVG); Kyle Isbel wins 2 (R, SB).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Kyle Isbel
88.6
Lourdes Gurriel Jr.
87.3
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Kyle Isbel
34.1%
Lourdes Gurriel Jr.
34.3%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Kyle Isbel
3.1%
Lourdes Gurriel Jr.
4.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Kyle Isbel
33.5%
Lourdes Gurriel Jr.
40.0%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Kyle Isbel
9.1%
Lourdes Gurriel Jr.
12.6%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Kyle Isbel
.275
Lourdes Gurriel Jr.
.277
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 Isbel
.210.260
lg AVG .295
now .243
.224
Lourdes Gurriel Jr.
.210.260
lg AVG .295
now .228
.228

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Kyle Isbel
54.20
now 3
1
Lourdes Gurriel Jr.
54.20
now 1
2
Runshigher is better
Kyle Isbel
2018.20
now 15
13
Lourdes Gurriel Jr.
2018.20
now 7
9
RBIhigher is better
Kyle Isbel
2018.20
now 11
9
Lourdes Gurriel Jr.
2018.20
now 11
15
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Kyle Isbel
.0006.60
now 5
4
Lourdes Gurriel Jr.
.0006.60
now 1
1
If you already own them — trade angle
SellKyle Isbel — sell.conf 0.63
SellLourdes Gurriel Jr. — sell.conf 0.63
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