MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 27, 2026
Portrait of Nathan Lukes
Nathan Lukes
TOR · RF
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Portrait of Tim Tawa
Tim Tawa
AZ · LF
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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); Tim Tawa 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
Nathan Lukes
86.5
Tim Tawa
89.3
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Nathan Lukes
27.6%
Tim Tawa
40.9%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Nathan Lukes
1.0%
Tim Tawa
7.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Nathan Lukes
34.8%
Tim Tawa
29.8%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Nathan Lukes
9.1%
Tim Tawa
12.4%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Nathan Lukes
.287
Tim Tawa
.305
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
.261
Tim Tawa
.200.350
lg AVG .295
now .167
.233

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Nathan Lukes
54.20
now 0
1
Tim Tawa
54.20
now 1
3
Runshigher is better
Nathan Lukes
2016.20
now 8
13
Tim Tawa
2016.20
now 6
10
RBIhigher is better
Nathan Lukes
2017.20
now 9
14
Tim Tawa
2017.20
now 8
13
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Nathan Lukes
.0001.20
now 0
0
Tim Tawa
.0001.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighNathan Lukes — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.76
Hold · wait & seeTim Tawa — hold.conf 0.50
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