MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Bobby Witt Jr.
Bobby Witt Jr.
KC · SS
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Portrait of Jeremy Peña
Jeremy Peña
HOU · SS
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Bobby Witt Jr..

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — home runs, RBI, steals, and average.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Bobby Witt Jr. wins 4 categories (HR, RBI, SB, AVG); Jeremy Peña wins 1 (R).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Bobby Witt Jr.
93.1
Jeremy Peña
87.5
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Bobby Witt Jr.
52.4%
Jeremy Peña
38.8%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Bobby Witt Jr.
11.8%
Jeremy Peña
4.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Bobby Witt Jr.
33.2%
Jeremy Peña
33.8%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Bobby Witt Jr.
12.0%
Jeremy Peña
14.6%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Bobby Witt Jr.
.386
Jeremy Peña
.354
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
Bobby Witt Jr.
.260.310
lg AVG .295
now .287
.293
Jeremy Peña
.260.310
lg AVG .295
now .272
.283

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Bobby Witt Jr.
511.80
now 9
6
Jeremy Peña
511.80
now 3
2
Runshigher is better
Bobby Witt Jr.
2036
now 30
22
Jeremy Peña
2036
now 15
25
RBIhigher is better
Bobby Witt Jr.
2033.20
now 26
19
Jeremy Peña
2033.20
now 8
13
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Bobby Witt Jr.
.00022.60
now 17
13
Jeremy Peña
.00022.60
now 3
5
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyBobby Witt Jr. — buy.conf 0.74
Hold · leans buyJeremy Peña — hold.conf 0.60
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