MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 9, 2026
Portrait of Lane Thomas
Lane Thomas
ATL · CF
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Portrait of Petey Halpin
Petey Halpin
CLE · CF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22, 1 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Lane Thomas wins 2 (HR, RBI); Petey Halpin wins 2 (SB, AVG); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Lane Thomas
89.5
Petey Halpin
85.3
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Lane Thomas
42.1%
Petey Halpin
25.5%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Lane Thomas
6.5%
Petey Halpin
6.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Lane Thomas
20.7%
Petey Halpin
41.4%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Lane Thomas
9.0%
Petey Halpin
15.1%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Lane Thomas
.314
Petey Halpin
.277
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
05

The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · batting average
AVGhigher is better
Lane Thomas
.200.270
lg AVG .295
now .226
.227
Petey Halpin
.200.270
lg AVG .295
now .167
.244

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Lane Thomas
53.20
now 2
2
Petey Halpin
53.20
now 0
1
Runshigher is better
Lane Thomas
2013.20
now 10
8
Petey Halpin
2013.20
now 3
8
RBIhigher is better
Lane Thomas
2019.20
now 14
11
Petey Halpin
2019.20
now 1
3
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Lane Thomas
.8006.20
now 3
2
Petey Halpin
.8006.20
now 2
5
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyLane Thomas — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · wait & seePetey Halpin — hold.conf 0.50
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