MLB Daily DeltaWeek 14 · June 28, 2026
Portrait of Curtis Mead
Curtis Mead
WSH · 3B
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Portrait of Maikel Garcia
Maikel Garcia
KC · 3B
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Curtis Mead.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Curtis Mead wins 3 categories (HR, R, RBI); Maikel Garcia wins 1 (AVG); 1 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Curtis Mead
88.4
Maikel Garcia
90.1
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Curtis Mead
42.4%
Maikel Garcia
41.3%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Curtis Mead
11.5%
Maikel Garcia
4.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Curtis Mead
25.6%
Maikel Garcia
22.7%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Curtis Mead
7.1%
Maikel Garcia
5.6%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Curtis Mead
.364
Maikel Garcia
.316
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
Curtis Mead
.200.290
lg AVG .295
now .250
.223
Maikel Garcia
.200.290
lg AVG .295
now .268
.269

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Curtis Mead
510
now 8
5
Maikel Garcia
510
now 3
4
Runshigher is better
Curtis Mead
21.6041.40
now 26
37
Maikel Garcia
21.6041.40
now 28
31
RBIhigher is better
Curtis Mead
2043.40
now 26
37
Maikel Garcia
2043.40
now 21
23
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Curtis Mead
1.805.20
now 3
4
Maikel Garcia
1.805.20
now 4
4
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyCurtis Mead — buy.conf 0.70
Hold · steadyMaikel Garcia — hold.conf 0.60
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