MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 22, 2026
Portrait of Lawrence Butler
Lawrence Butler
ATH · RF
Change to
Portrait of Petey Halpin
Petey Halpin
CLE · CF
Change to
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

Lawrence Butler wins 2 (R, 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
Lawrence Butler
89.1
Petey Halpin
86.6
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Lawrence Butler
44.8%
Petey Halpin
30.2%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Lawrence Butler
5.7%
Petey Halpin
9.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Lawrence Butler
24.0%
Petey Halpin
42.7%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Lawrence Butler
13.0%
Petey Halpin
16.5%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Lawrence Butler
.304
Petey Halpin
.272
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
.200.280
lg AVG .295
now .164
.222
Petey Halpin
.200.280
lg AVG .295
now .167
.246

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Lawrence Butler
54.20
now 3
3
Petey Halpin
54.20
now 0
3
Runshigher is better
Lawrence Butler
2022.60
now 17
16
Petey Halpin
2022.60
now 3
11
RBIhigher is better
Lawrence Butler
2019.20
now 14
13
Petey Halpin
2019.20
now 1
4
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Lawrence Butler
.0009
now 4
4
Petey Halpin
.0009
now 2
7
If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowLawrence Butler — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.67
Hold · wait & seePetey Halpin — hold.conf 0.50
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