MLB Daily DeltaWeek 14 · June 28, 2026
Portrait of Curtis Mead
Curtis Mead
WSH · 3B
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Portrait of Miguel Vargas
Miguel Vargas
CWS · 3B
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Miguel Vargas.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Miguel Vargas wins 5 categories (HR, R, RBI, SB, AVG); Curtis Mead wins 0 (none).

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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
Miguel Vargas
90.0
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Curtis Mead
42.4%
Miguel Vargas
45.5%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Curtis Mead
11.5%
Miguel Vargas
14.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Curtis Mead
25.6%
Miguel Vargas
20.8%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Curtis Mead
7.1%
Miguel Vargas
9.0%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Curtis Mead
.364
Miguel Vargas
.396
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
.210.260
lg AVG .295
now .250
.223
Miguel Vargas
.210.260
lg AVG .295
now .241
.238

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Curtis Mead
519
now 8
5
Miguel Vargas
519
now 15
9
Runshigher is better
Curtis Mead
2055.40
now 26
37
Miguel Vargas
2055.40
now 44
47
RBIhigher is better
Curtis Mead
20.4045.60
now 26
37
Miguel Vargas
20.4045.60
now 38
40
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Curtis Mead
.20012.80
now 3
4
Miguel Vargas
.20012.80
now 9
10
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyCurtis Mead — buy.conf 0.70
Buy LowMiguel Vargas — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.66
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