MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 21, 2026
Portrait of Christian Vázquez
Christian Vázquez
HOU · C
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Portrait of Pedro Pagés
Pedro Pagés
STL · C
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Pedro Pagés.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Pedro Pagés wins 4 categories (HR, R, SB, AVG); Christian Vázquez wins 1 (RBI).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Christian Vázquez
85.9
Pedro Pagés
87.1
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Christian Vázquez
23.1%
Pedro Pagés
39.1%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Christian Vázquez
1.4%
Pedro Pagés
5.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Christian Vázquez
35.3%
Pedro Pagés
38.7%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Christian Vázquez
8.8%
Pedro Pagés
14.3%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Christian Vázquez
.243
Pedro Pagés
.267
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
Christian Vázquez
.200.270
lg AVG .295
now .246
.197
Pedro Pagés
.200.270
lg AVG .295
now .216
.201

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Christian Vázquez
55.20
now 4
1
Pedro Pagés
55.20
now 4
2
Runshigher is better
Christian Vázquez
2017.20
now 10
12
Pedro Pagés
2017.20
now 11
14
RBIhigher is better
Christian Vázquez
2025.80
now 17
21
Pedro Pagés
2025.80
now 9
11
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Christian Vázquez
.0003.20
now 0
0
Pedro Pagés
.0003.20
now 2
2
If you already own them — trade angle
SellChristian Vázquez — sell.conf 0.69
SellPedro Pagés — sell.conf 0.65
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