MLB Daily DeltaWeek 14 · June 26, 2026
Portrait of Lane Thomas
Lane Thomas
KC · CF
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Portrait of Sal Frelick
Sal Frelick
MIL · 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 and average. Sal Frelick’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Lane Thomas wins 2 categories (HR, AVG); Sal Frelick wins 1 (R); 2 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Lane Thomas
87.5
Sal Frelick
85.9
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Lane Thomas
36.2%
Sal Frelick
27.2%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Lane Thomas
4.6%
Sal Frelick
2.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Lane Thomas
20.4%
Sal Frelick
22.8%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Lane Thomas
7.8%
Sal Frelick
4.7%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Lane Thomas
.322
Sal Frelick
.280
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
.210.240
lg AVG .295
now .226
.230
Sal Frelick
.210.240
lg AVG .295
now .219
.227

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Lane Thomas
56.20
now 2
5
Sal Frelick
56.20
now 3
2
Runshigher is better
Lane Thomas
2035.20
now 10
16
Sal Frelick
2035.20
now 23
28
RBIhigher is better
Lane Thomas
2026.60
now 14
23
Sal Frelick
2026.60
now 19
23
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Lane Thomas
1.806.20
now 3
5
Sal Frelick
1.806.20
now 4
5
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyLane Thomas — hold.conf 0.60
SellSal Frelick — sell.conf 0.62
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