MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Edmundo Sosa
Edmundo Sosa
PHI · 2B
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Portrait of Richie Palacios
Richie Palacios
TB · 2B
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Edmundo Sosa.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Edmundo Sosa wins 3 categories (HR, RBI, AVG); Richie Palacios wins 2 (R, SB).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Edmundo Sosa
87.9
Richie Palacios
86.1
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Edmundo Sosa
40.7%
Richie Palacios
25.8%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Edmundo Sosa
7.6%
Richie Palacios
3.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Edmundo Sosa
53.6%
Richie Palacios
32.1%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Edmundo Sosa
15.5%
Richie Palacios
9.9%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Edmundo Sosa
.340
Richie Palacios
.312
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
Edmundo Sosa
.200.280
lg AVG .295
now .211
.262
Richie Palacios
.200.280
lg AVG .295
now .248
.236

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Edmundo Sosa
54.20
now 3
3
Richie Palacios
54.20
now 1
2
Runshigher is better
Edmundo Sosa
2025
now 11
17
Richie Palacios
2025
now 18
21
RBIhigher is better
Edmundo Sosa
2027.20
now 16
24
Richie Palacios
2027.20
now 17
20
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Edmundo Sosa
.00010.40
now 2
3
Richie Palacios
.00010.40
now 7
8
If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowEdmundo Sosa — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.74
Hold · steadyRichie Palacios — hold.conf 0.60
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