MLB Daily DeltaWeek 13 · June 22, 2026
Portrait of Nicky Lopez
Nicky Lopez
TEX · 2B
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Portrait of Zach McKinstry
Zach McKinstry
DET · 2B
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Nicky Lopez.

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

Nicky Lopez wins 3 categories (R, RBI, AVG); Zach McKinstry 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
Nicky Lopez
83.2
Zach McKinstry
84.6
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Nicky Lopez
22.0%
Zach McKinstry
21.4%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Nicky Lopez
0.0%
Zach McKinstry
2.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Nicky Lopez
38.5%
Zach McKinstry
28.5%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Nicky Lopez
10.7%
Zach McKinstry
7.9%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Nicky Lopez
.254
Zach McKinstry
.253
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
Nicky Lopez
.200.310
lg AVG .295
now .269
.214
Zach McKinstry
.200.310
lg AVG .295
now .162
.193

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Nicky Lopez
55.20
now 1
1
Zach McKinstry
55.20
now 1
4
Runshigher is better
Nicky Lopez
2027.20
now 3
20
Zach McKinstry
2027.20
now 2
4
RBIhigher is better
Nicky Lopez
2026.80
now 3
20
Zach McKinstry
2026.80
now 9
16
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Nicky Lopez
.0003.20
now 0
0
Zach McKinstry
.0003.20
now 1
2
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighNicky Lopez — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.66
SellZach McKinstry — sell.conf 0.67
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