MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 12, 2026
Portrait of Christian Walker
Christian Walker
HOU · 1B
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Portrait of Ildemaro Vargas
Ildemaro Vargas
AZ · 1B
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Christian Walker.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Christian Walker wins 3 categories (HR, R, RBI); Ildemaro Vargas wins 2 (SB, AVG).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Christian Walker
89.5
Ildemaro Vargas
87.1
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Christian Walker
42.3%
Ildemaro Vargas
32.9%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Christian Walker
10.1%
Ildemaro Vargas
3.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Christian Walker
29.8%
Ildemaro Vargas
39.0%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Christian Walker
14.3%
Ildemaro Vargas
7.2%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Christian Walker
.307
Ildemaro Vargas
.308
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 Walker
.200.320
lg AVG .295
now .249
.213
Ildemaro Vargas
.200.320
lg AVG .295
now .291
.253

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Christian Walker
521.60
now 16
6
Ildemaro Vargas
521.60
now 7
2
Runshigher is better
Christian Walker
25.8039.20
now 36
31
Ildemaro Vargas
25.8039.20
now 30
29
RBIhigher is better
Christian Walker
32.8046.20
now 43
37
Ildemaro Vargas
32.8046.20
now 37
36
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Christian Walker
.0002.20
now 0
0
Ildemaro Vargas
.0002.20
now 1
1
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans sellChristian Walker — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · steadyIldemaro Vargas — hold.conf 0.60
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