MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 20, 2026
Portrait of Lane Thomas
Lane Thomas
KC · CF
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Roman Anthony
BOS · LF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Roman Anthony.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Roman Anthony wins 3 categories (HR, R, AVG); Lane Thomas wins 1 (RBI); 1 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Lane Thomas
89.6
Roman Anthony
92.3
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Lane Thomas
42.8%
Roman Anthony
47.4%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Lane Thomas
7.2%
Roman Anthony
9.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Lane Thomas
20.4%
Roman Anthony
21.6%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Lane Thomas
8.5%
Roman Anthony
10.4%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Lane Thomas
.339
Roman Anthony
.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
Lane Thomas
.210.270
lg AVG .295
now .226
.246
Roman Anthony
.210.270
lg AVG .295
now .229
.258

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Lane Thomas
55.20
now 2
3
Roman Anthony
55.20
now 1
4
Runshigher is better
Lane Thomas
2018.20
now 10
12
Roman Anthony
2018.20
now 12
15
RBIhigher is better
Lane Thomas
2020.40
now 14
16
Roman Anthony
2020.40
now 5
6
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Lane Thomas
.8004.20
now 3
3
Roman Anthony
.8004.20
now 2
3
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyLane Thomas — buy.conf 0.65
Hold · wait & seeRoman Anthony — hold.conf 0.50
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