MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 11, 2026
Eduardo Valencia
DET · DH
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Portrait of Ildemaro Vargas
Ildemaro Vargas
AZ · 1B
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Ildemaro Vargas.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Ildemaro Vargas wins 2 categories (RBI, AVG); Eduardo Valencia wins 1 (HR); 2 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Eduardo Valencia
89.3
Ildemaro Vargas
87.4
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Eduardo Valencia
44.8%
Ildemaro Vargas
34.6%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Eduardo Valencia
17.9%
Ildemaro Vargas
3.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Eduardo Valencia
35.2%
Ildemaro Vargas
40.4%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Eduardo Valencia
15.6%
Ildemaro Vargas
7.6%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Eduardo Valencia
.323
Ildemaro Vargas
.299
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
Eduardo Valencia
.200.480
lg AVG .295
now .417
.185
Ildemaro Vargas
.200.480
lg AVG .295
now .291
.244

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Eduardo Valencia
59.80
now 2
1
Ildemaro Vargas
59.80
now 7
0
Runshigher is better
Eduardo Valencia
2040.80
now 3
6
Ildemaro Vargas
2040.80
now 30
6
RBIhigher is better
Eduardo Valencia
2050.60
now 3
6
Ildemaro Vargas
2050.60
now 37
7
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Eduardo Valencia
.0002.20
now 0
0
Ildemaro Vargas
.0002.20
now 1
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighEduardo Valencia — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.70
SellIldemaro Vargas — sell.conf 0.58
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