MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 1, 2026
Portrait of Ildemaro Vargas
Ildemaro Vargas
AZ · 1B
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Portrait of Jake Burger
Jake Burger
TEX · 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 — runs, RBI, and average.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Ildemaro Vargas wins 3 categories (R, RBI, AVG); Jake Burger wins 1 (HR); 1 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Ildemaro Vargas
87.5
Jake Burger
90.0
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Ildemaro Vargas
35.6%
Jake Burger
46.4%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Ildemaro Vargas
3.2%
Jake Burger
11.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Ildemaro Vargas
38.4%
Jake Burger
37.1%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Ildemaro Vargas
7.0%
Jake Burger
17.7%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Ildemaro Vargas
.318
Jake Burger
.303
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
Ildemaro Vargas
.200.320
lg AVG .295
now .291
.265
Jake Burger
.200.320
lg AVG .295
now .242
.219

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Ildemaro Vargas
513.60
now 7
1
Jake Burger
513.60
now 10
5
Runshigher is better
Ildemaro Vargas
2034.40
now 30
21
Jake Burger
2034.40
now 29
19
RBIhigher is better
Ildemaro Vargas
2042.20
now 37
26
Jake Burger
2042.20
now 37
24
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Ildemaro Vargas
.0002.20
now 1
1
Jake Burger
.0002.20
now 1
1
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyIldemaro Vargas — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · leans sellJake Burger — hold.conf 0.60
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