MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Brendan Donovan
SEA · 3B
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Portrait of Miguel Vargas
Miguel Vargas
CWS · 3B
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Miguel Vargas.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Miguel Vargas wins 4 categories (HR, R, RBI, SB); Brendan Donovan wins 1 (AVG).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Brendan Donovan
85.9
Miguel Vargas
90.5
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Brendan Donovan
32.9%
Miguel Vargas
46.3%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Brendan Donovan
4.3%
Miguel Vargas
14.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Brendan Donovan
25.3%
Miguel Vargas
21.8%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Brendan Donovan
8.7%
Miguel Vargas
9.3%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Brendan Donovan
.344
Miguel Vargas
.390
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
Brendan Donovan
.210.290
lg AVG .295
now .274
.242
Miguel Vargas
.210.290
lg AVG .295
now .241
.228

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Brendan Donovan
520.20
now 3
2
Miguel Vargas
520.20
now 15
5
Runshigher is better
Brendan Donovan
2058
now 9
12
Miguel Vargas
2058
now 44
29
RBIhigher is better
Brendan Donovan
2050
now 8
11
Miguel Vargas
2050
now 38
25
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Brendan Donovan
.00012.20
now 1
1
Miguel Vargas
.00012.20
now 9
6
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeBrendan Donovan — hold.conf 0.50
Buy LowMiguel Vargas — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.66
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