MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 5, 2026
Portrait of Lawrence Butler
Lawrence Butler
ATH · RF
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Portrait of Myles Straw
Myles Straw
TOR · RF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Lawrence Butler.

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

Lawrence Butler wins 3 categories (HR, RBI, SB); Myles Straw 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
Lawrence Butler
89.1
Myles Straw
86.2
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Lawrence Butler
45.5%
Myles Straw
25.2%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Lawrence Butler
7.0%
Myles Straw
3.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Lawrence Butler
24.1%
Myles Straw
21.0%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Lawrence Butler
12.9%
Myles Straw
4.5%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Lawrence Butler
.309
Myles Straw
.302
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
Lawrence Butler
.200.270
lg AVG .295
now .164
.224
Myles Straw
.200.270
lg AVG .295
now .241
.239

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Lawrence Butler
54.20
now 3
2
Myles Straw
54.20
now 2
1
Runshigher is better
Lawrence Butler
2021.20
now 17
12
Myles Straw
2021.20
now 18
18
RBIhigher is better
Lawrence Butler
2017.20
now 14
10
Myles Straw
2017.20
now 6
6
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Lawrence Butler
.8005.20
now 4
3
Myles Straw
.8005.20
now 2
2
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyLawrence Butler — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · leans sellMyles Straw — hold.conf 0.60
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