MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 3, 2026
Portrait of Donovan Walton
Donovan Walton
ATH · 3B
Change to
Portrait of Miguel Vargas
Miguel Vargas
CWS · 3B
Change to
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, and steals.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Miguel Vargas wins 4 categories (HR, R, RBI, SB); Donovan Walton wins 1 (AVG).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Donovan Walton
87.5
Miguel Vargas
90.8
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Donovan Walton
34.8%
Miguel Vargas
47.2%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Donovan Walton
4.3%
Miguel Vargas
14.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Donovan Walton
27.5%
Miguel Vargas
22.2%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Donovan Walton
11.7%
Miguel Vargas
9.6%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Donovan Walton
.317
Miguel Vargas
.390
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
Donovan Walton
.200.340
lg AVG .295
now .310
.262
Miguel Vargas
.200.340
lg AVG .295
now .241
.227

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Donovan Walton
521
now 0
1
Miguel Vargas
521
now 15
4
Runshigher is better
Donovan Walton
2058.80
now 7
24
Miguel Vargas
2058.80
now 44
26
RBIhigher is better
Donovan Walton
2052.80
now 1
3
Miguel Vargas
2052.80
now 38
22
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Donovan Walton
.00012.60
now 0
0
Miguel Vargas
.00012.60
now 9
5
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighDonovan Walton — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.69
Buy LowMiguel Vargas — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.67
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