MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 22, 2026
Portrait of Ildemaro Vargas
Ildemaro Vargas
AZ · 1B
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Portrait of Kody Clemens
Kody Clemens
MIN · 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); Kody Clemens wins 2 (HR, SB).

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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
Kody Clemens
92.6
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Ildemaro Vargas
34.5%
Kody Clemens
45.6%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Ildemaro Vargas
3.5%
Kody Clemens
13.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Ildemaro Vargas
39.1%
Kody Clemens
32.4%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Ildemaro Vargas
7.2%
Kody Clemens
13.1%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Ildemaro Vargas
.308
Kody Clemens
.331
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
.210.310
lg AVG .295
now .291
.254
Kody Clemens
.210.310
lg AVG .295
now .235
.233

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Ildemaro Vargas
59.40
now 7
1
Kody Clemens
59.40
now 6
5
Runshigher is better
Ildemaro Vargas
2034.40
now 30
25
Kody Clemens
2034.40
now 21
19
RBIhigher is better
Ildemaro Vargas
2045.40
now 37
31
Kody Clemens
2045.40
now 18
16
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Ildemaro Vargas
.0006.60
now 1
1
Kody Clemens
.0006.60
now 5
5
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyIldemaro Vargas — hold.conf 0.60
BuyKody Clemens — buy.conf 0.63
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