MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 2, 2026
Portrait of Nick Loftin
Nick Loftin
KC · 3B
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Royce Lewis
MIN · 3B
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Nick Loftin.

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

Nick Loftin wins 3 categories (R, RBI, AVG); Royce Lewis wins 2 (HR, SB).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Nick Loftin
88.0
Royce Lewis
89.3
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Nick Loftin
33.1%
Royce Lewis
42.5%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Nick Loftin
6.5%
Royce Lewis
11.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Nick Loftin
23.2%
Royce Lewis
33.3%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Nick Loftin
6.1%
Royce Lewis
16.5%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Nick Loftin
.319
Royce Lewis
.302
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
Nick Loftin
.200.280
lg AVG .295
now .214
.249
Royce Lewis
.200.280
lg AVG .295
now .159
.211

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Nick Loftin
59.80
now 0
3
Royce Lewis
59.80
now 3
7
Runshigher is better
Nick Loftin
2029.20
now 11
24
Royce Lewis
2029.20
now 11
19
RBIhigher is better
Nick Loftin
2036.80
now 14
30
Royce Lewis
2036.80
now 13
22
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Nick Loftin
.0007
now 0
0
Royce Lewis
.0007
now 3
5
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyNick Loftin — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · leans sellRoyce Lewis — hold.conf 0.60
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