MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 9, 2026
Portrait of Randal Grichuk
Randal Grichuk
CWS · DH
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Royce Lewis
MIN · 1B
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Randal Grichuk.

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

Randal Grichuk 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
Randal Grichuk
90.7
Royce Lewis
90.2
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Randal Grichuk
47.7%
Royce Lewis
43.4%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Randal Grichuk
10.9%
Royce Lewis
12.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Randal Grichuk
34.1%
Royce Lewis
31.8%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Randal Grichuk
12.9%
Royce Lewis
16.1%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Randal Grichuk
.338
Royce Lewis
.324
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
05

The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · batting average
AVGhigher is better
Randal Grichuk
.200.290
lg AVG .295
now .250
.251
Royce Lewis
.200.290
lg AVG .295
now .159
.219

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Randal Grichuk
55.20
now 4
2
Royce Lewis
55.20
now 3
3
Runshigher is better
Randal Grichuk
2018.20
now 13
15
Royce Lewis
2018.20
now 11
10
RBIhigher is better
Randal Grichuk
2021.20
now 15
18
Royce Lewis
2021.20
now 13
12
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Randal Grichuk
.0004.20
now 0
0
Royce Lewis
.0004.20
now 3
3
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyRandal Grichuk — buy.conf 0.65
Hold · leans buyRoyce Lewis — hold.conf 0.60
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