MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 2, 2026
Portrait of Lawrence Butler
Lawrence Butler
ATH · RF
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Roman Anthony
BOS · LF
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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 — runs, RBI, and steals.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Lawrence Butler wins 3 categories (R, RBI, SB); Roman Anthony wins 1 (AVG); 1 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Lawrence Butler
89.2
Roman Anthony
92.3
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Lawrence Butler
45.4%
Roman Anthony
47.4%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Lawrence Butler
7.2%
Roman Anthony
9.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Lawrence Butler
24.1%
Roman Anthony
21.6%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Lawrence Butler
12.9%
Roman Anthony
10.4%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Lawrence Butler
.309
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
Lawrence Butler
.200.290
lg AVG .295
now .164
.221
Roman Anthony
.200.290
lg AVG .295
now .229
.256

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Lawrence Butler
54.20
now 3
3
Roman Anthony
54.20
now 1
3
Runshigher is better
Lawrence Butler
2020.20
now 17
13
Roman Anthony
2020.20
now 12
12
RBIhigher is better
Lawrence Butler
2017.60
now 14
11
Roman Anthony
2017.60
now 5
5
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Lawrence Butler
.8005.20
now 4
3
Roman Anthony
.8005.20
now 2
2
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyLawrence Butler — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · wait & seeRoman Anthony — hold.conf 0.50
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