MLB Daily DeltaWeek 14 · June 25, 2026
Portrait of Kyle Isbel
Kyle Isbel
KC · CF
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Portrait of Nathan Lukes
Nathan Lukes
TOR · RF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Kyle Isbel.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — home runs, runs, and steals.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Kyle Isbel wins 3 categories (HR, R, SB); Nathan Lukes wins 2 (RBI, AVG).

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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
Nathan Lukes
86.3
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Kyle Isbel
34.1%
Nathan Lukes
28.0%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Kyle Isbel
3.1%
Nathan Lukes
0.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Kyle Isbel
33.5%
Nathan Lukes
37.1%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Kyle Isbel
9.1%
Nathan Lukes
9.9%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Kyle Isbel
.275
Nathan Lukes
.295
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
.200.330
lg AVG .295
now .243
.226
Nathan Lukes
.200.330
lg AVG .295
now .301
.278

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Kyle Isbel
54.20
now 3
3
Nathan Lukes
54.20
now 0
2
Runshigher is better
Kyle Isbel
2027.60
now 15
22
Nathan Lukes
2027.60
now 8
20
RBIhigher is better
Kyle Isbel
2027.20
now 11
16
Nathan Lukes
2027.20
now 9
22
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Kyle Isbel
.0009.80
now 5
7
Nathan Lukes
.0009.80
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
SellKyle Isbel — sell.conf 0.63
Sell HighNathan Lukes — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.64
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