MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 11, 2026
Portrait of Bryce Harper
Bryce Harper
PHI · 1B
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Portrait of Ildemaro Vargas
Ildemaro Vargas
AZ · 1B
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Bryce Harper.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Bryce Harper wins 3 categories (HR, SB, AVG); Ildemaro Vargas wins 1 (RBI); 1 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Bryce Harper
90.5
Ildemaro Vargas
87.4
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Bryce Harper
45.0%
Ildemaro Vargas
34.6%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Bryce Harper
10.9%
Ildemaro Vargas
3.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Bryce Harper
32.3%
Ildemaro Vargas
40.4%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Bryce Harper
14.9%
Ildemaro Vargas
7.6%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Bryce Harper
.389
Ildemaro Vargas
.299
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
Bryce Harper
.230.310
lg AVG .295
now .261
.249
Ildemaro Vargas
.230.310
lg AVG .295
now .291
.244

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Bryce Harper
518.20
now 13
1
Ildemaro Vargas
518.20
now 7
0
Runshigher is better
Bryce Harper
2045.20
now 34
6
Ildemaro Vargas
2045.20
now 30
6
RBIhigher is better
Bryce Harper
2049.40
now 34
6
Ildemaro Vargas
2049.40
now 37
7
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Bryce Harper
.0005.60
now 4
1
Ildemaro Vargas
.0005.60
now 1
0
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyBryce Harper — buy.conf 0.75
SellIldemaro Vargas — sell.conf 0.58
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