MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 27, 2026
Portrait of Lawrence Butler
Lawrence Butler
ATH · RF
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Portrait of Sal Frelick
Sal Frelick
MIL · RF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Sal Frelick.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Sal Frelick wins 3 categories (R, RBI, AVG); Lawrence Butler 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
Lawrence Butler
89.0
Sal Frelick
85.9
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Lawrence Butler
44.3%
Sal Frelick
27.8%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Lawrence Butler
6.0%
Sal Frelick
2.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Lawrence Butler
24.2%
Sal Frelick
23.8%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Lawrence Butler
12.9%
Sal Frelick
4.6%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Lawrence Butler
.305
Sal Frelick
.281
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
.200.260
lg AVG .295
now .164
.219
Sal Frelick
.200.260
lg AVG .295
now .219
.229

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Lawrence Butler
54.20
now 3
3
Sal Frelick
54.20
now 3
1
Runshigher is better
Lawrence Butler
2026.20
now 17
15
Sal Frelick
2026.20
now 23
18
RBIhigher is better
Lawrence Butler
2022.20
now 14
12
Sal Frelick
2022.20
now 19
15
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Lawrence Butler
1.805.20
now 4
3
Sal Frelick
1.805.20
now 4
3
If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowLawrence Butler — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.66
SellSal Frelick — sell.conf 0.62
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