MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 20, 2026
Portrait of Lane Thomas
Lane Thomas
KC · CF
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Portrait of Tyler Freeman
Tyler Freeman
COL · RF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Tyler Freeman.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Tyler Freeman wins 3 categories (R, SB, AVG); Lane Thomas wins 1 (HR); 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
Tyler Freeman
87.6
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Lane Thomas
42.8%
Tyler Freeman
34.8%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Lane Thomas
7.2%
Tyler Freeman
1.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Lane Thomas
20.4%
Tyler Freeman
30.1%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Lane Thomas
8.5%
Tyler Freeman
6.2%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Lane Thomas
.339
Tyler Freeman
.316
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
.210.300
lg AVG .295
now .226
.246
Tyler Freeman
.210.300
lg AVG .295
now .278
.255

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Lane Thomas
54.20
now 2
3
Tyler Freeman
54.20
now 2
1
Runshigher is better
Lane Thomas
2019.20
now 10
12
Tyler Freeman
2019.20
now 15
16
RBIhigher is better
Lane Thomas
2019.20
now 14
16
Tyler Freeman
2019.20
now 15
16
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Lane Thomas
1.806.20
now 3
3
Tyler Freeman
1.806.20
now 5
5
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyLane Thomas — buy.conf 0.65
Hold · steadyTyler Freeman — hold.conf 0.60
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