MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 8, 2026
Luis Lara
MIL · RF
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Roman Anthony
BOS · LF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Luis Lara.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — runs, RBI, and average. Roman Anthony’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Luis Lara wins 3 categories (R, RBI, AVG); Roman Anthony wins 2 (HR, SB).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Luis Lara
88.2
Roman Anthony
92.3
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Luis Lara
37.0%
Roman Anthony
47.4%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Luis Lara
4.3%
Roman Anthony
9.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Luis Lara
20.7%
Roman Anthony
21.6%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Luis Lara
7.8%
Roman Anthony
10.4%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Luis Lara
.323
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
Luis Lara
.210.280
lg AVG .295
now .250
.266
Roman Anthony
.210.280
lg AVG .295
now .229
.256

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Luis Lara
54.20
now 0
1
Roman Anthony
54.20
now 1
3
Runshigher is better
Luis Lara
2016.40
now 1
12
Roman Anthony
2016.40
now 12
11
RBIhigher is better
Luis Lara
2032.80
now 2
24
Roman Anthony
2032.80
now 5
5
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Luis Lara
.0003.20
now 0
0
Roman Anthony
.0003.20
now 2
2
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeLuis Lara — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeRoman Anthony — hold.conf 0.50
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