MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Michael Busch
Michael Busch
CHC · 1B
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Portrait of Nathaniel Lowe
Nathaniel Lowe
CLE · 1B
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Nathaniel Lowe.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Nathaniel Lowe wins 1 categories (AVG); Michael Busch wins 0 (none); 4 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Michael Busch
88.5
Nathaniel Lowe
89.3
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Michael Busch
40.3%
Nathaniel Lowe
40.9%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Michael Busch
9.0%
Nathaniel Lowe
8.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Michael Busch
25.3%
Nathaniel Lowe
28.0%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Michael Busch
11.3%
Nathaniel Lowe
10.0%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Michael Busch
.329
Nathaniel Lowe
.336
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
Michael Busch
.210.270
lg AVG .295
now .243
.222
Nathaniel Lowe
.210.270
lg AVG .295
now .258
.225

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Michael Busch
512.20
now 6
1
Nathaniel Lowe
512.20
now 9
1
Runshigher is better
Michael Busch
2034.80
now 26
4
Nathaniel Lowe
2034.80
now 16
4
RBIhigher is better
Michael Busch
2046.60
now 35
6
Nathaniel Lowe
2046.60
now 25
6
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Michael Busch
.0002.20
now 1
0
Nathaniel Lowe
.0002.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans buyMichael Busch — hold.conf 0.60
BuyNathaniel Lowe — buy.conf 0.64
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