MLB Daily DeltaWeek 13 · June 20, 2026
Portrait of Lane Thomas
Lane Thomas
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

Lane Thomas.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

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

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Lane Thomas
87.2
Nathan Lukes
86.1
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Lane Thomas
36.5%
Nathan Lukes
28.7%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Lane Thomas
5.2%
Nathan Lukes
0.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Lane Thomas
20.8%
Nathan Lukes
38.2%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Lane Thomas
7.7%
Nathan Lukes
9.3%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Lane Thomas
.323
Nathan Lukes
.300
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
Lane Thomas
.200.330
lg AVG .295
now .226
.226
Nathan Lukes
.200.330
lg AVG .295
now .301
.283

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Lane Thomas
58.40
now 2
6
Nathan Lukes
58.40
now 0
2
Runshigher is better
Lane Thomas
2026.20
now 10
18
Nathan Lukes
2026.20
now 8
21
RBIhigher is better
Lane Thomas
2031.40
now 14
25
Nathan Lukes
2031.40
now 9
24
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Lane Thomas
.0007
now 3
5
Nathan Lukes
.0007
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans buyLane Thomas — hold.conf 0.60
Sell HighNathan Lukes — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.66
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