MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 23, 2026
Portrait of Nathan Lukes
Nathan Lukes
TOR · RF
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Portrait of Petey Halpin
Petey Halpin
CLE · CF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Nathan Lukes.

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

Nathan Lukes wins 3 categories (R, RBI, AVG); Petey Halpin wins 2 (HR, SB).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Nathan Lukes
86.6
Petey Halpin
87.0
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Nathan Lukes
28.8%
Petey Halpin
29.8%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Nathan Lukes
1.1%
Petey Halpin
8.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Nathan Lukes
34.8%
Petey Halpin
42.0%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Nathan Lukes
8.7%
Petey Halpin
16.1%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Nathan Lukes
.292
Petey Halpin
.268
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
Nathan Lukes
.200.350
lg AVG .295
now .301
.265
Petey Halpin
.200.350
lg AVG .295
now .167
.244

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Nathan Lukes
53.20
now 0
1
Petey Halpin
53.20
now 0
2
Runshigher is better
Nathan Lukes
2018.40
now 8
14
Petey Halpin
2018.40
now 3
10
RBIhigher is better
Nathan Lukes
2020.60
now 9
15
Petey Halpin
2020.60
now 1
3
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Nathan Lukes
.0009.80
now 0
0
Petey Halpin
.0009.80
now 2
7
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighNathan Lukes — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.74
Hold · wait & seePetey Halpin — hold.conf 0.50
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