MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Colson Montgomery
Colson Montgomery
CWS · SS
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Portrait of Jeremy Peña
Jeremy Peña
HOU · SS
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Jeremy Peña.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — runs, steals, and average. Colson Montgomery’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Jeremy Peña wins 3 categories (R, SB, AVG); Colson Montgomery wins 2 (HR, RBI).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Colson Montgomery
89.1
Jeremy Peña
87.5
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Colson Montgomery
43.7%
Jeremy Peña
38.8%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Colson Montgomery
13.5%
Jeremy Peña
4.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Colson Montgomery
32.5%
Jeremy Peña
33.8%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Colson Montgomery
19.5%
Jeremy Peña
14.6%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Colson Montgomery
.327
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
Colson Montgomery
.200.320
lg AVG .295
now .229
.200
Jeremy Peña
.200.320
lg AVG .295
now .272
.283

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Colson Montgomery
520.20
now 15
7
Jeremy Peña
520.20
now 3
2
Runshigher is better
Colson Montgomery
2033.20
now 28
22
Jeremy Peña
2033.20
now 15
25
RBIhigher is better
Colson Montgomery
2047.20
now 36
28
Jeremy Peña
2047.20
now 8
13
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Colson Montgomery
.0006.60
now 1
1
Jeremy Peña
.0006.60
now 3
5
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans buyColson Montgomery — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · leans buyJeremy Peña — hold.conf 0.60
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